In the cars, they rode for a long time, until it grew dark; and still she said the cars kept going.

After a while she fell asleep, and when she awoke it was morning, and she was lying on a bed.

The same lady was with her, and, speaking kindly, told her not to be frightened--that nobody would hurt her, and that she should go home in a day or two.
"But I did nothing but cry," said the child, in her own simple way, as she related her story.

"Then the lady scolded me, until I was frightened, and tried to keep back the tears all I could.

But they would run down my cheeks.