. St. Nicholas [serial] . d tired,for the sun had long ago gone down behind thehill, and it was near their bed-time. LOST IN THE FOG. 419 If we only had a pail, we could milk the cow,said Helena, thinking of her supper. It was almost dark, and they had begun to thinkthat Kate, after all, did not mean to go home,when she suddenly brought them into the broadroad which led directly past their fathers house,and there before them stood the house itself, look-ing, Louisa said, like a fairy palace, with a light inevery window. They shouted for joy, and Mamieawakened, and let them stand her on her fee
. St. Nicholas [serial] . d tired,for the sun had long ago gone down behind thehill, and it was near their bed-time. LOST IN THE FOG. 419 If we only had a pail, we could milk the cow,said Helena, thinking of her supper. It was almost dark, and they had begun to thinkthat Kate, after all, did not mean to go home,when she suddenly brought them into the broadroad which led directly past their fathers house,and there before them stood the house itself, look-ing, Louisa said, like a fairy palace, with a light inevery window. They shouted for joy, and Mamieawakened, and let them stand her on her feet. But when they had eaten their supper, and noone had returned, they found they were too sleepyand tired for any play, so they decided to undressand hide under the bed-clothes ; and an hour after,when their mamma came home, anxious and dis-tressed, behold ! on their pillow she found threelittle brown heads, all safe and fast asleep. In the morning everybody gathered about thechildren to hear their story, and old Kate was. THE COW LED THE CHILDREN ALONG THROUGH THE GRASS. Run, Mamie dear! they cried. Mammadoes not know where we are, and seizing her bythe hands, they hurried on. driving the cow beforethem. When they reached the house, it appeared quiteforsaken. The front door stood wide open, thesupper was lying untouched on the table—theparlor, the bedrooms, even the kitchen, were allempty. Everybody, even to the cook, had goneout to search in the fog for the lost children. They laughed with delight at the surprise theywould give Mamma when she should come home. We will hide in the closet, said Helena, andsuddenly pop out, when they all come back. petted and caressed as she had never been before. But tell me, said their papa, which way youwent, and what you saw on your way home. And when the children told him about the brook,he explained to them that, instead of coming south-ward as they should have done, they had gonewestward. And he gave Louisa a pretty little instru-ment c
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