The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Author:Alice Dalgliesh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

INDIANS!

They were all around her, some of them crowded in the opening of the palisade. But they were young Indians, not any older than she was. Still, there were many of them. . . . Sarah kept as still as a rabbit in danger. The children came in, creeping nearer, creeping nearer, like small brown field mice, until they were all around Sarah, looking at her.

Sarah closed the book and sat very still. Then she remembered what her father had said as they stood on the hill.

“Good morning,” she said politely, “you are welcome to our house.”

The Indian children stared at her. Then they came nearer. Soon Sarah found that all around her was a ring of children, standing and sitting, staring, staring with their dark eyes. The spring sun shone on their brown bodies, and Sarah realized with a shock that they were not wearing clothes—unless you could call that one small piece of cloth “clothing.” Sarah, secure in dress and cloak and petticoats, felt very well dressed indeed.

The children stared, Sarah began to feel as if their eyes were going all the way through her.

Keep up your courage, Sarah Noble. She thought the words to herself. Here she was in the wilderness with all these Indians around her. She wished the Lord would speak to her as He had to young Samuel. He would tell her what to do.

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