Once she was done drinking from the water gourd, she began to feel drowsy, and before she could fall, Alvin caught her once again and turned to look at Harold with a worried expression.
"She fainted."
Harold looked at the water gourd and scratched the back of his neck. "She just fell asleep," he said as he approached them and took Alicia from him before carrying her in a bridal style.
Knowing how troublesome and mischievous she could be, something told him that she had added something to the water. And he did not doubt that she had likely done it, so she would give it to him. He would need to be more careful with this one. She was smart and could be dangerous.
"Clean this up quickly," Harold said to Alvin, who immediately went to work.
Instead of leaving immediately, Harold carried her under a tree and sat on a thick log of wood with Alicia still in his arms, sitting on his thigh with her head on his chest.
