By Sarah Orne Jewett
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(Part 1)

A little girl hurried through the forest. It was a summer evening in June. It was already eight o'clock. The forest was full of shadows. Sally wondered if her grandmother would be angry with her for being so late.

Every evening Sally left her grandmother's house at five-thirty to bring their cow home. The old animal spent her days out in the open country eating sweet grass. It was Sally's job to bring her home to be milked. When the cow heard Sall...