But she was also afraid to go away.

And then she just began to bawl again at the top of her voice, for she was not only frightened and lonely, but also hungry.
"Of course, everything in the woods for half a mile around heard her bawling." And just here Uncle Andy had the heartlessness to pause and relight his pipe.
"And then--another bear came!" broke in the Child breathlessly.
"No, not exactly," responded Uncle Andy at last.

"Of course, lots of things came to see what all that queer noise was about--stealthy things, creeping up silently and peering with round bright eyes from thickets and weed tufts.

But the calf did not see or notice any of these.

All she saw was a tall, dark, ungainly looking, long-legged creature, half as tall again as her mother had been, with no horns, a long clumsy head, thick overhanging nose, and big splay hooves.