of life, it was better than warm. She led him across the garden.
With one bound she was on the top of the wall. Diamond was left at
the foot.

"Stop, stop!" he cried. "Please, I can't jump like that."

"You don't try" said North Wind, who from the top looked down a foot
taller than before.

"Give me your hand again, and I will, try" said Diamond.

She reached down, Diamond laid hold of her hand, gave a great spring,
and stood beside her.

"This is nice!" he said.

Another bound, and they stood in the road by the river.
It was full tide, and the stars were shining clear in its depths,
for it lay still, waiting for the turn to run down again to the sea.
They walked along its side. But they had not walked far before its
surface was covered with ripples, and the stars had vanished from
its bosom.

And North Wind was now tall as a full-grown girl. Her hair was flying
about her head, and the wind was blowing a breeze down the river.
But she turned aside and went up a narrow lane, and as she went her
hair fell down around her.

"I have some rather disagreeable work to do to-night," she said,
"before I get out to sea, and I must set about it at once.