Here the water rose over the topmost letter and a moist silence prevailed till a sudden jerk fished up the bag , and before the dolls could recover their wits they were spread out on the floor of a mail car to dry , while several busy men sorted and saved such papers and letters as still held together . `` Now we shall see something , '' said Flora , feeling the warm air blow over her as they spun along , for a slight accident like this did not delay the energetic Westerners a moment longer than absolutely necessary . `` I ca n't see you , dear , but I hope you look better than I do , for the yellow of my hair has washed into my eyes and the red of my cheeks is quite gone , I 'm sure , '' answered Dora , as her wet dress flopped in the breeze and the broken foot sticking up showed her that her blue boots were ruined . `` I do n't care a bit how I look . It 's great fun now we are safe . Pop up your head and see the wide prairie flying past . I do hope that poor baby got away and swam home to his mother . The upset into the river was quite to his taste , I fancy , '' said Flora , who was much excited by her adventure and eager for more . Presently one of the men set the dolls up in the corner of a window to dry , and there they stood viewing the fine landscape with one eye while the other watched the scene of devastation within . Everything was in great confusion after the accident , so it is not strange that the dolls were not missed when they slowly slid lower and lower till a sudden lurch of the car sent them out of the window to roll into a green field where cows were feeding and children picking strawberries . `` This is the end of us ! Here we shall lie and mould forgotten by everybody , '' said Dora , who always took a tragical view of things . `` Not a bit of it ! I see cows eating toward us and they may give us a lift . I 've heard of their tossing people up , though I do n't know just how it 's done . If they do n't , we are in the path and some of those children are sure to find us , '' answered Flora cheerfully , though she stood on her head with a bunch of burrs pricking her nose . She was right . A bright-eyed little German girl presently came trotting along the path with a great basket full of berries on her head arranged in pretty pottles ready for the market . Seeing the red cow sniffing at a brown paper parcel she drove her away , picked it up and peeped in at the open end . The sight of two dolls in such a place made her feel as if fairies had dropped them there for her .
She could not read the direction and hurried XXXXX to show her treasure to her brothers and sisters of whom there were eight .
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