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`` Yes , I used to think so too , '' said her mamma , `` when I had a pet lamb . '' As they came round by the wood on their way home , Caroline said she would like so much to get some of the beautiful wild-flowers for her garden . Herbert did not say anything at the time , but he determined to get up early the next morning also , and give her a pleasant surprise by getting a basketful for her . One might have expected that before the next morning came he would have quite forgotten all about it ; but no ; when the servant called him at six o'clock , as he had requested her to do the night before , he jumped out of bed at once . He knew of a deep dingle at some distance from the house , where many kinds of wild-flowers were to be found ; so he made up his mind to go there instead of to the wood . The dingle was down in a woody hollow , such as the `` Babes in the Wood '' might have been lost in ; and there were so many plants and ferns , that Herbert was often at a loss what to choose . However , his basket was full at last , and he hurried home , hoping to have them all planted before Caroline came down-stairs .