That was too much to risk, so I followed the others outdoors, and oh joy! there came Laddie down the road.

He set me on one of the posts of the hitching rack before the church, and with my arms around his neck, I sobbed out the whole story.
"She didn't understand," said Laddie quietly.

"You stay here until I come back.

I'll go explain to her about the birds.

Perhaps she hasn't watched them as closely as you have." Recess was over before he returned.