She was about three years old, wearing a smudged dress and comfortable little shoes.

She turned on the heels of her little shoes.

Geoffrey pointed to the boat, then held up the little shoe.

"Where is the hamper with all the nice dresses, and the little shoes?"

No matter what she was doing, she almost always held the little shoe in her hand.

When he came by two days later, she showed him the little shoe.

She went to the kitchen, found the little blue shoe on the counter, put it in her pocket, and walked back outside.

After a few hours she went to get the little blue shoe, which was now in an empty sugar bowl on the kitchen table.

He hugged Mattie and slid the little blue shoe into her hand.

His feet in their little red shoes just reached the edge of the seat.