
Lundy because she had always been so kind to me. There really wasn’t anyone else I missed. He was the only old thing I missed from my past. Poor Ben! We had so much fun together, Ben and I, and I began to miss Ben as I was walking in my father the King’s Garden of Roses. By now he’d be sure to know that I had disappeared and he’d be wondering where I had gone and whether he would ever see me again. But poor Ben would be in Tegnérlunden Park right now, and it would be raining and windy as usual, and dark and dreary as well. Because I wanted someone my own age to share all of this with. I wished Ben were there so that we could have a fight, only for fun of course. My legs just wouldn’t keep still, and my arms felt very strong. It was all so wonderful I felt giddy, as if I were full of lemonade.



Then he went to have a talk with his Master Rose Gardener, who was waiting for him. I meant to tell my father the King that he shouldn’t think that I was sad.
