It was no wonder she ran.

But Irene was not in the least frightened, not knowing anything to be frightened at.

She kept on chattering as well as she could, but it was not easy.
'Lootie! Lootie! why do you run so fast?
It shakes my teeth when I talk.' 'Then don't talk,' said Lootie.
'But the princess went on talking.

She was always saying: 'Look, look, Lootie!' but Lootie paid no more heed to anything she said, only ran on.
'Look, look, Lootie! Don't you see that funny man peeping over the rock ?' Lootie only ran the faster.

They had to pass the rock, and when they came nearer, the princess saw it was only a lump of the rock itself that she had taken for a man.
'Look, look, Lootie! There's such a curious creature at the foot of that old tree.