They were not cast away, as your father supposed, but were lost.

Will you let me have them again ?" Zella's eyes filled with tears.
"Must I give up my pretty shoes, then ?" she asked.

"They are the only ones I have ever owned." Inga was sorry for the poor child, but he knew how important it was that he regain possession of the Magic Pearls.

So he said, pleadingly: "Please let me have them, Zella.

See! I will exchange for them the shoes I now have on, which are newer and prettier than the others." The girl hesitated.