The Old Umbrella. 27)

 

to him, he ran off to find his good
shoes, saying, ‘ What fun it will be
to show them to granddad! He'll
wonder who makes all the noise, and
think Pm a big man.’

But poor May looked down and
said nothing; for her shoes were
gone to the shop to have a nail
knocked down that would stick up
and hurt her; and she was afraid
that when mother thought of that
she would not let her go.

However, May’s mother didn’t
make difficulties of trifles; and she
knew that her little girl had been
obliged to run about so long without
shoes, that she would be no worse
off now than she had been.