Little Bessie the Careless Girl

They walked further on in very good spirits, climbing over rocks when they came to them, and swinging their empty baskets in time to snatches of songs which they sang together. They had gone in this way about a mile, when suddenly Bessie stopped, and fixed her eyes searchingly on something near them in the grass."What is the matter?" said Nellie."Hush, hush!" said Bessie, softly, "don't speak for a minute till I see! It's an animal!""A bear?" exclaimed Nellie, in some alarm, quite...
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They walked further on in very good spirits, climbing over rocks when they came to them, and swinging their empty baskets in time to snatches of songs which they sang together. They had gone in this way about a mile, when suddenly Bessie stopped, and fixed her eyes searchingly on something near them in the grass."What is the matter?" said Nellie."Hush, hush!" said Bessie, softly, "don't speak for a minute till I see! It's an animal!""A bear?" exclaimed Nellie, in some alarm, quite unmindful of Bessie's request for silence, for Nelly was a little bit of a coward, and had a firm belief in all woods being full of wild animals. As she spoke, the noise seemed to startle whatever the creature was that Bessie was watching, for it ran quickly among the dried leaves that strewed the grass, and bounded on a high rock not far distant.Nellie and Bessie set off on an adventure and Bessie finds a new way to help her mother. Along the way the girls make new friends and Bessie loses a treasure - or was it taken?. Will she ever find it again? Join the girls in this heartwarming tale of friendship and life in a more innocent era