Cinderella: The Lost Mice Part 5

Meanwhile, Cinderella's tea party had ended and she and the Prince were out riding. As their horses trotted through the countryside, they saw the castle gardener tending to something in one of the fields. "Hello!" the Prince called out. "It's much too cold to be working outside!"

But the gardener did not answer. The Prince called to him again and still got no reply. As they rode on, the Prince turned to Cinderella. "That was odd," he saod. "I can't believe he did not hear me. Why wouldn't he answer?" "Perhaps he was lost in thought?" Cinderella replied.