"Have you seen a little girl in a white frock pass this way?"
"Why, that must be Nurse," cried Meg.
In spite of being cross at Meg's having run away, Nurse had to laugh;
then she bent down and said, "But what made you run away like this,
Miss Meg?"
"Rob told me that if I came to the house in the wood I should find a
real live baby; but he was wrong, for she," with a smile at Mrs.
Stone, "is very nice, but she has not got a baby to give me."
"Of course not, child; but do you know that I have some news for you?"
"What is it? Do tell me?" cried the little girl.
"While you were away in the wood to look for a baby we have found a
baby at home. You have a new baby brother. Come home with me now and
you shall see him."
"A new little brother," said Meg, her eyes wide open with wonder. "He
must have known I had gone out to look for one. So now I have got two
new friends and a baby too. Come along, quick."
"Good-bye," she said to her new friends. "Thank you ever so much for
being so kind, and for the supper.
"I am coming to have supper with you again soon, and then I will bring
the new baby with me. You will give me and baby bread and butter with
sugar on it, won't you?" and Meg trotted off as happy as a little
queen.
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