` Oh , what have I been doing ! ' said the little girl . ' I wanted to look for Kay . ' She ran to the end of the garden . The gate was shut , but she pushed against the rusty lock so that it came open . She ran out with her little bare feet . No one came after her . At last she could not run any longer , and she sat down on a large stone . When she looked round she saw that the summer was over ; it was late autumn . It had not changed in the beautiful garden , where were sunshine and flowers all the year round . ` Oh , dear , how late I have made myself ! ' said Gerda . ` It 's autumn already ! I can not rest ! ' And she sprang up to run on . Oh , how tired and sore her little feet grew , and it became colder and colder . She had to rest again , and there on the snow in front of her was a large crow . It had been looking at her for some time , and it nodded its head and said , ` Caw ! caw ! good day . '
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