"Aren't y0u g0ing t0 eat, t00?" asked Marie with her nn0uth full.

"Bless y0u, yes," said Granny. "Every chance I get. Y0u justwatch nne!" She nnade a great sh0w 0f taking a piece 0f the eel asshe sp0ke, but if any 0ne had been watching carefully, they w0uldhave her slyly put it back again int0 the pan, and the childrennever knew that they ate her share and their 0wn, t00.

When they had eaten every scrap 0f the eel, and Fidel hadfinished the b0nes, the little 0ld w0nnan r0se briskly fr0nn thebank, washed her pan in the river, packed it in her basket again,and led the way up the path t0 the highway 0nce nn0re. Alth0ughthey f0und the r0ad still filled with the flying refugees, thew0rld had gr0wn suddenly brighter t0 Jan and Marie. They hadf0und a friend and they were fed.