April Jones had a "happy face" when she got into a vehicle shortly before her disappearance, a court has heard.
April's best friend, seen in pre-recorded video evidence, said the five-year-old went willingly and did not cry.
Mold Crown Court watched the seven-year-old give her account during a police interview recorded the day after April went missing.
The girl described the vehicle April got into as a grey Land Rover and that she had seen it before.
Speaking about the person in the vehicle, she said: "He got out of the van and was waiting outside the van for someone".
April got in through the "drivers way" and then sat in the back seat, added the seven-year-old, who said "she wasn't crying, she was happy".
The vehicle then drove off, the court heard.
"She did not say she was going to go in it (the car). I know they (April's parents) wouldn't let her go at that time," said the girl.
She added: "I don't know why April would want to get into the van because her mum and dad told her not to get into vans like that."
The accused, Mark Bridger, shook his head when the girl described the man with the Land Rover as having green or blue eyes and brown hair, and probably wearing a green jacket.
"It wasn't that dark and I could see he had brown hair because the headlights were on," she said.
The young witness also described how April's brother later came looking for his sister to take her home and how the alarm was raised.
Her interview with police was played to the jury as the girl watched on a live video-link from Aberystwyth, sitting with a shite teddy bear and a mug of juice.
The judge and lawyers did not wear their wigs or robes and there were regular breaks so that the girl could concentrate.
Defence lawyers have now begun cross-examining the girl.
Before the questioning, the judge told her it was "very important" that she told the truth.
April Jones disappeared while playing with her friend near their homes in Machynlleth, Powys on October 1 last year.
Mark Bridger, 47, denies abducting and murdering the five-year-old, but says he ran April over and does not remember what he did with her body.
He also denies intending to pervert the course of justice by disposing of, concealing or destroying April's body.
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