A few minutes before noon
In the morning , however , she fell asleep , and slept late . Breakfast was of course her first thought , after which she could not avoid that of work . It made her very miserable , but she feared the consequences of being found with it undone . A few minutes before noon , she actually got up , took her pinafore for a duster , and proceeded to dust the table . But the wood-ashes flew about so , that it seemed useless to attempt getting rid of them , and she sat down again to think what was to be done . But there is very little indeed to be done when we will not do that which we have to do . Her first thought now was to run away at once while the sun was high , and get through the forest before night came on .