Mrs. Harding gathered vegetables for her to see. When they reached
the strawberry bed Mickey knelt and with her own fingers Peaches pulled a
berry and ate it, then laughed, exclaimed, and cried in delight. She
picked a flower, and from the safe vantage of the garden viewed the cows
and horses afar; and the fields and sheep were explained to her. Mickey
carried her across the road, Mary brought a comfort, and for a whole hour
the child lay under a big tree with pink and white clover in a foot-deep
border around her. When they lifted her she said: "Mickey, to-night we put
in the biggest blesses of all."
"What?" inquired Mickey.
"Bless the nice people for such grand things, an' the berries; but never
mind about the cow."
Then Mickey took her back to the house. She awoke from a restful nap to
find a basket of chickens waiting for her, barely down dry from their
shells. She caught up a little yellow ball, and with both hands clutched
it, exclaiming and crying in joy until Mickey saw the chicken was
drooping.
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