Then Mr.
Wood jumped in, took up the reins, and off we went.

How the two black horses did spin along! I sat on the seat beside Mr.Wood, and sniffed in the delicious air, and the lovely smell of flowers and grass.

How glad I was to be in the country! What long races I should have in the green fields.

I wished that I had another dog to run with me, and wondered very much whether Mr.Wood kept one.

I knew I should soon find out, for whenever Miss Laura went to a place she wanted to know what animals there were about.
We drove a little more than a mile along a country road where there were scattered houses.