"Why, yes," said the pretty girl. "I did see a little black and white
dog not very long ago, but I don't know which way he went from here."
Greta smiled happily at this news. At last she was on the right trail.
She left the market and took one of the narrow, winding streets that led
through the main business district. Every little while she called,
"Here, Chouse. Come, Chouse." But no little dog came in answer to her
call. Maybe she had taken the wrong street after all.
Half blinded with tears she started across one of the large open
squares. When part way across she saw Chouse trotting down the street
ahead of her. Greta started to run and almost bumped into a bicycle. She
was not used to city streets, crowded with bicycles and automobiles. By
the time she had crossed the square, Chouse had disappeared.
[Illustration: FISHING BOATS CROWD THE CANALS]
Greta was tired and hungry, but she didn't stop to think about that. She
was very much afraid that she couldn't find her way back to
Christiansborg, but she didn't dare to think about that. Chouse was
somewhere on the street in front of her, and she must find him. So the
little girl kept on walking. The street had many curves, like all the
older streets in Copenhagen. In some places the sidewalk was so narrow
that Greta had to step out in the street to pass the people who stood
looking in the shop windows.
Suddenly a terrible fear came over Greta. What if she _never_ found
Chouse? But she simply _must_ find him--and keep him. She knew now just
how dear he was to her. As she walked along, the tears which filled her
eyes spilled over on her cheeks. She had never been in this part of the
city before, and now she was lost just as completely as Chouse was. Oh,
if only she could find him, nothing else would matter. In some way she
would get back to Christiansborg and Anna. In some way she would
persuade her father not to send Chouse away. She looked at her watch.
Goodness, she had already been walking an hour and a half! Anna would be
worried about her. But Greta felt that she must keep on looking for
her dog. She knew now that she was on the right street, at least.
[Illustration: SAILBOATS IN THE HEART OF COPENHAGEN]
Suddenly Greta came into a large open square that seemed familiar. She
stopped a minute to look around. Maybe she wasn't really lost, after
all. What was that large building over to the left? Then the tears
stopped and her face broke into a happy smile. Why, it was the railroad
station, where she had first come into Copenhagen. She lost all her
fears about being lost, but a great wave of homesickness came over the
little girl. Without quite knowing why, she crossed the busy square and
went into the station.
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