Oh, Matty!" she cried. And then she saw Betsy. "Oh no! Her leg's broken. Oh, Betsy, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
Then Jessica looked at Matty. "I heard you when you called me, but I didn't answer," she said. "I just moved away and waited for you to find me. But you didn't and then I got afraid and began to run. And now I'm lost.
"But why didn't you answer me?' Matty asked.
" I was angry because you didn't want to talk to me this morning...and it gets so lonely in the holidays." She began to cry. "And now we're lost! I'm sorry, Matty! "
"Don't cry," said Matty. Everything'll be all right Betsy will take us home.'
But Betsy could no longer stand. She was lying under a rock, with her head on the ground. Only her eyes moved when she looked up at them.
It was now raining hard. Jessica was only wearing a thin summer dress and she was shaking with cold. Matty took off his raincoat and gave it to her. "Let's sit against this rock with Betsy," he said. "We won't get so wet then.'
The rain drove into their faces and they got wetter and wetter. For a while they called for help, but nobod came, and after half an hour they stopped shouting.
Then Matty said, "When your mother and father get back, they'll come and find us. We'll be home soon"
"These storms can go on all night, and they'll never find us in all this rain and mist." Jessica was nearly crying again, and Matty took her hand. It felt very cold.