* "She was wearing a blue cotton dress with white shoes and ankle socks, and her hair was in two long braids that hung down her back."
Chapter 2
* "She was taller than most of her classmates and had very fine hair, which she usually wore tied back in a ribbon."
Chapter 3
* "As she walked towards us down the road, her long braids bouncing behind her, she looked like a little girl who was lost."