She shrugged.  Her baggy old clothing made her look even smaller than she actually was, on purpose.  "Just small.  Spent last few years on the street, so haven't eaten a lot."  She reasoned, honestly.  "Papa wasn't very tall, but I was small when he was killed so he always seemed tall to me."  Her mother had been short for a woman, but her father had been just a bit under average for a man.  Not short by any means.  Nat took more after her mother.

"I am supposed to start up on some chores, but I haven't been told what those are yet.  Would you happen to know where Mr. Appleton is?"