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3 t «Come along, Master Carrots,” she said; “I
was just going to look for you. Wherever’s
BY Miss Floss?) We must be quick; it’s quite
f time we were home.”

“Tl tell Floss,’ said Carrots, disappearing
again down the path; and in another moment
Floss and he ran back to nurse.

Though they had been very quick, nurse
seemed to think they had.been slow. She even
scolded Floss a very little, as if she had been
kept waiting by her and Carrots, when she was
in a hurry to go; and both Floss and Carrots
felt that this was very hard, when the fact was
that they had been waiting for nurse till they
were both tired and cold.

“Tt wasn’t Floss’s fault. Floss wanted you
to come quick, and she sended me to see,” said
Carrots indignantly.

“Hold your tongue, Master Carrots!” said
nurse sharply.

Carrots’s face got very red; he gave nurse
one reproachful look, but did not speak. He
took Floss’s hand, and pulled her on in front.