The lesson over, she flew to the stable.

Lunch was set for one o'clock, so there was a whole hour left.

Matthew spied the approaching child and called to her: "Come here, Cornelli! It is just jumping around." Cornelli ran into the stable, where she saw the snow-white kid, hopping merrily over to its mother and then back again to the hay.

It looked so cunning in its gambols that Cornelli went into perfect raptures.
"Oh, you darling little thing!" she called out, patting its spotless fur; "I shall fetch a red ribbon for your neck and then we'll take a walk together." The child accordingly ran back to the house, and hunting about among her things, soon returned with a bright red ribbon which she tied about the little kid's neck.

Cornelli was perfectly delighted, for she had never in her life seen a prettier object than the little creature with its snow-white fur and the red ribbon round its neck, skipping lightly about.