noon
The girls were laughing by that time . `` You goose , '' said one , `` why did n't you give him the money , and save your lunch ? '' `` He was such a little fellow , and he really was hungry , '' said Elnora . `` I often go without anything to eat at noon in the fields and woods , and never think of it . '' She closed the box and set it beside the lunches of other country pupils . While her back was turned , into the room came the girl of her encounter on the first day , walked to the rack , and with an exclamation of approval took down Elnora 's hat . `` Just the thing I have been wanting ! ''