. In happy far-away land . the roads wereso muddy that he took a lightdoe-cart which he could drive o himself. Florabel, who wasabout two years old, sat be-side him on the seat, laugh-ing and talking and as happyas could be. It was warm andclear when they set off, andjust outside the town theycame to a meadow whichseemed to be quite filled withdaffodils. Florabel was so de-lighted to see them that sheheld out her hands and askedher father to gather some for her. Dr. Foster stopped hishorse and plucked as many ofthe golden flowers as Flora-bels tiny hands could hold. They are daffodils, he said
. In happy far-away land . the roads wereso muddy that he took a lightdoe-cart which he could drive o himself. Florabel, who wasabout two years old, sat be-side him on the seat, laugh-ing and talking and as happyas could be. It was warm andclear when they set off, andjust outside the town theycame to a meadow whichseemed to be quite filled withdaffodils. Florabel was so de-lighted to see them that sheheld out her hands and askedher father to gather some for her. Dr. Foster stopped hishorse and plucked as many ofthe golden flowers as Flora-bels tiny hands could hold. They are daffodils, he said. Florabel tried to say the word after him,but she could not speak quite plainly yet, and Daffy-down-dilly was whatshe said. She tucked the flowers into her sash and into the frill of herbonnet. She was so busy playing with them, and her father was so busy watchingher, that neither of them noticed the big black clouds which were coveringthe blue sky, till suddenly it began to rain. Dr. Foster wrapped Florabel in. 3 8 DAFF Y-DO WN-DILL Y his water-proof coat, and whipped up his horse, but drive as fast as he might,it grew quite dark before he could see the first house in Gloster. About a mile from the town a brook ran across the road. At most timesit was neither wide nor deep, and could be forded easily, but this day the heavyrains had made it ten times as large as usual. Dr. Foster could not see inthe dark how deep the water was, but he had driven through the ford so manytimes that he was not at all afraid. He drove straight in, and in less than aminute his horse had come to water so deep that he began to swim. The cartfloated, but tipped toward one side so much that Dr. Foster was nearly thrownout. He reached out his arm to catch Florabel, but just as he did so he hearda splash. .She had fallen into the water, and in the twinkling of an eye wascarried down the stream. Dr. Foster was wet to the waist as he leaned fromthe cart trying to reach her, but it was too dark to see anyt
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