noon
Day broke at length . As it advanced the intense longing for food returned , and , to his great anxiety , it was accompanied by a slight feeling of faintness . He therefore glanced about for wild fruits as he went along , without diverging from his course , and was fortunate to fall in with several bushes which afforded him a slight meal of berries . In the strength of these he ran on till noon , when the faint feeling returned , and he was fain to rest for a little beside a brawling brook . `` Oh ! Father , help me ! '' he murmured , as he stooped to drink .