Dr. Herbert Benjamin
P, and even if it didn’t, I’d trust you anyhow. You’re just
the nicest Person! And you cry the most wonderful salty
tears!”
“Enough of that talk,” said the young lady. “If you
keep it up, I’ll just start crying again, and I’ve already
cried enough for one night. Don’t you think so?” She
wrapped Henry up in a cozy white handkerchief which
was still damp with her tears, and put him in her purse.
“Don’t be afraid,” she said.
“Oh, I won’t,” said Henry, as she closed the purse.
While Henry was in the purse he took a refreshing
nap.
The next thing he knew was, the kind young lady
was putting him down at the side of a road. “Here we
are,” she said. There’s the gate over there where the
guards are. Have a good trip!” And some more tears
came to her eyes.
“Are you crying again?” asked Henry.
The lady wiped her eyes and smiled. “No,” she
said. “Not at all! But now I have to go back to the park
and pinch myself to wake up from this dream. It’s the
most delightful dream I ever had!”
“Then why do you have to pinch yourself?” asked
Henry. “Besides, if you pinch too hard it might hurt and
make you cry again. And you
know
you’ve already
overdone it with crying! You said so
yourself
.”
But the lady was walking away. Then she turned
around and smiled very hard at Henry. And then she
was gone.
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