noon
Others had done that before she was born . And she had seen the beckoning in spite of the lock and now was only waiting a little while to answer it . The children were glad to find the forest roof beneath them again . It was noon when they sank down in the garden at their own white door stone . Tree Mother left them there and flew away with the littlest Forest Child , the one who liked to wander alone by himself . Nora was in the house when they ran in . She had cleaned it with a different cleaning from what it had had for Helma 's first return .