Wanderings of the Bitter Child ~ Mr. Vidali's team "Pierce and Read aloud for You"

She's looking for me! I leaned down and shouted desperately, "Mom! Mom! But my cry disappeared into the air, neither reaching down the mountain nor drowning over the murmur of the stream. "What's wrong with you?" Vidali asked, "Are you crazy?" I ignored him and still stared intently at Mother Barberham. But she didn't know I was at the top of the hill and didn't think to look up at me. She crossed the yard again to the road and looked in all directions. I cried out to her in a louder voice, but like the first time, the call was in vain. Vidali guessed the truth and stood on the parapet. It didn't take long for him to spot the white hat. "Poor little fellow." He whispered. I plucked up the courage of his sympathetic words and cried, "Ah, please! Let me go home! "But he grabbed me by the wrist and pulled me down the road." Now that you're resting, get on the road, my little one. He said. I tried to break free, but was held firmly by him. "Kirby," he said, "Zebino! "Two dogs surrounded me, Kirby in the back and Zebino in the front. I could only follow Vidali.