I shall tell you about it to-night when we are alone.

Here you are so absent-minded.
You throw worried looks in all directions as if you were afraid that this perfectly solid meadow were a dangerous pond into which your little brood might fall and lose their lives." The children had scattered in all directions.

Bruno had gone far to one side and was deeply immersed in a little book he had taken with him.

Mea had discovered the most beautiful forget-me-nots she had ever seen in all her life, which grew in large masses beside the gurgling mountain stream.
Beside herself with transport, she flew from place to place where the small blue flowers sparkled, for she wanted to pick them all.
Kurt had climbed a tree and from the highest branch he could reach was searchingly studying the castle, as if something special was to be discovered there.

Maezli, having discovered some strawberries, had pulled Lippo along with her.