"No; she said she wouldn't live with him if grandma did."
"What did you see in the country?"
"I saw the fields, and the trees, and horses, and cows."
"Did Elek have a cow?"
"Yes; and she went away every day, and at night she came home, and they milked her."
"Did you see any birds?"
"I saw birds no bigger than that," said he, putting his hand over his horse so as to hide more than half of it, "and they sang all the time. And there were some chickens, that laid eggs, and then Elek's wife sold the eggs to the baker to pay for bread."
"And had you apples or peaches?"
"I used to throw small stones at the apples, and knock them off. The peaches I could reach with my hand. I had just as many as I wanted."
The little orphan's month in the country had been a sunny spot in his memory, clouded only by the unkindness of Elek towards the grandmother he loved so much.