“You’ve got to remember that, Mrs.Beaver,”said Susan.“As soon as she has looked in here and finds we’re gone she’ll be off at top speed.”
“That she will,”said Mrs.Beaver.“But we ’t get there before her whatever we do, for she’ll be on a sledge and we’ll be walking.”
“Then—have we no hope?”said Susan.
“Now don’t you get fussing, there’s a dear,”said Mrs.Beaver.“but just get half a dozen handkerchiefs out of the drawer.‘Cour we’ve got a hope.We ’t get there before her but we keep under cover and go by ways she won’t exped perhaps we’ll get through.”
“That’s true enough, Mrs.Beaver,”said her husband.“But it’s time we were out of this.”
“And don’t you start fussiher, Mr.Beaver,”said his wife.“There.That’s better.There’s five loads and the smallest for the smallest of us：that’s you, my dear,”she added, looking at Lucy.
“Oh, do plea e on,”said Lucy.
“Well, I’m nearly ready now,”answered Mrs.Beaver at last, allowing her husband to help her into her snow-boots.“I suppo the wing mae’s too heavy t?”
“You’ve got to remember that, Mrs.Beaver,”said Susan.“As soon as she has looked in here and finds we’re gone she’ll be off at top speed.”
“That she will,”said Mrs.Beaver.“But we ’t get there before her whatever we do, for she’ll be on a sledge and we’ll be walking.”
“Then—have we no hope?”said Susan.
“Now don’t you get fussing, there’s a dear,”said Mrs.Beaver.“but just get half a dozen handkerchiefs out of the drawer.‘Cour we’ve got a hope.We ’t get there before her but we keep under cover and go by ways she won’t exped perhaps we’ll get through.”
“That’s true enough, Mrs.Beaver,”said her husband.“But it’s time we were out of this.”
“And don’t you start fussiher, Mr.Beaver,”said his wife.“There.That’s better.There’s five loads and the smallest for the smallest of us：that’s you, my dear,”she added, looking at Lucy.
“Oh, do plea e on,”said Lucy.
“Well, I’m nearly ready now,”answered Mrs.Beaver at last, allowing her husband to help her into her snow-boots.“I suppo the wing mae’s too heavy t?”
“Yes.It is,”said Mr.Beaver.“A great deal too heavy.And you don’t think you’ll be able to u it while we’re on the run, I suppo?”