NO it ime, and people visiting. Sometimes Uncle of to see Pa. Ma o the folks were, and she would say:
quot;Che clearing.”
time or talking a little o work.
Sometimes Ma let Laura and Mary go across to see Mrs. Peterson. tersons moved in. t, because Mrs. Peterson tle girls to muss it up. S Laura and Mary look at tty t from Sweden-laces, and colored embroideries, and china.
Mrs. Peterson talked Salked Engliso ood eacly. S, and they walked home.
Laura nibbled aly ly wo was a whole cookie.
t riged to do o divide till, if Mary saved e te either.
t knoo do. So eac to Baby Carrie. But t t some quite fair.
Sometimes a neig to spend tra cleaning and cooking, and opened tore sugar. And on t, a o te in trange co play ay h.
t came, t Eva and Clarence ty girl, , but Laura liked better to play h Clarence.
Clarence y, too. buttoned all t gilt buttons, and trimmed oed shoes.
trips of copper across toes tering brig Laura le girls didnt oes.
Laura and Clarence ran and sed and climbed trees, alked. and Mrs. t visited and looked at a Godeys Ladys Book looked at their pipes.
Once Aunt Lotty came to spend t morning Laura o stand still a long time into long curls. Mary ting primly on a ch her golden curls shining and her china-blue dress fresh and crisp.
Laura liked Ma pulled ead of golden, so t no one noticed it. Everyone noticed and admired Marys.
quot;t; Ma said at last. quot;Your ifully, and Lotty is coming.
Run meet , brown curls or golden curls.”
Laura and Mary ran out of t Lotty te. Aunt Lotty iful pink and s by one string.
quot;, Aunt Lotty,quot; Mary asked, quot;bro; Ma old to ask t, and Mary tle girl ed to Aunt Lotty would say, and s miserable.
quot;I like bot,quot; Aunt Lotty said, smiling. Sook Laura and Mary by to tood.
treaming to t and pretty. table ove s place under try door stood and smell of goodies on tairs from ttic, waking a nap.
It , and Laura felt so gay and good t no one would ever sy as s evening.
Aunt Lotty ired and cross. t to kindle ted to pick up c every day to do it. toniged it more than ever.
Laura grabbed t chip, and Mary said:
quot;I dont care. Aunt Lotty likes my , anytier than brown.”
Lauras t sig speak. Stier t speak, so s quickly and slapped Marys face.
t;Come here, Laura.”
S sloting just inside the door. he had seen her slap Mary.
quot;You remember,quot; Pa said, quot;I told you girls you must never strike eacher.”
Laura began, quot;But Mary said-”
quot;t makes no difference,quot; said Pa. quot;It is you must mind.”
took dorap from trap.
Laura sat on a copped sobbing, so be glad about Mary o fill the chip pan all by herself.
At last, ting dark, Pa said again, quot;Come ; ook in t ly covering again.
Sold Pa all about it, and s;You dont like golden ter than brown, do you?”
Pas blue eyes s ;ell, Laura, my hair is brown.”
S t of t. Pas bro s Mary o gathe chips.
In t tell stories Dr play tired after he fields.
Ma oo. Laura and Mary hey helped make cheese.
all and ty of milk, t ime to make cheese.
Somebody must kill a calf, for c be made rennet, and rennet is tomac be very young, so t it en anyt milk.
Laura Pa must kill one of ttle calves in t. One and t beat fast o Pa about making cheese.
Pa kill eito coo Grandpas and to Uncle o talk about t for Aunt Polly and Grandma. So Pa again to Uncle tle calfs stomac , grayise leather, all ridged and rough on one side.
nig to make into butter later. t it all on tove to .
A bit of t, tied in a cloter.
ed enouger from t in ter into tirred it it in a ove. In a little o a smooth, quivery mass.
it to little squares, and let it stand all into a clot t.
ied to a big pan and salted it, turning and mixing it well.
Laura and Mary o eat bits of ting it. It squeaked in teeth.
Under tree outside t up to press t ttle ood an empty pail.
Ma put clot, and filled it ed curd. S clotop of it a round board, cut small enougo go inside ted a op of the board.
All day long ttled slo of t and ran doo t morning, Ma ake out the cheese hoop again.
Every morning sook t of trimmed it smootig, and rubbed tter. t try.
Every day s clot all over ter once more, and laid it dos oter a great many days, t.
t ao do but eat it.
Laura and Mary liked co eat t squeaked in teeto eat to make th.
Ma laug ting green cheese.
quot;t; sold them.
trees. But it green, it he moon.
quot;Its green,quot; said, quot;because it isnt ripened yet. s cured and ripened, it be a green cheese.”
quot;Is t; Laura asked, and laughed.
quot;I t, because it looks like a green c; s;But appearances are deceiving.quot; tter, sold t t is like a little world on whing grows.
t day made casted tasted it saying anyto , and Laura asted t like it.
quot;You starve to deat; Pa said.
Laura begged o tell Old Grimes. So, tired, ook of its box and played and sang for Laura:
quot;Old Grimes is dead, t good old man, e neer so , All buttoned down before.
quot;Old Grimeses , And blew Old Grimes away.”
quot;t! quot; said Pa. quot;Siged tle cream would aggered along.
quot;But s of cream, and poor Old Grimes got so tarved to death.”
t Ma and said, quot;Nobodyd starve to death when you were around, Caroline.”
ell , no,quot; Ma said. quot;No, C if you o provide for us.
Pa , to ttle cogetting aling softly to himself.
After ao omorroo borroting -umps in t-field. A man just o keep everlasting at it, or take back the place.”
Early next morning arted to o Uncle before long co there were.
quot;I dont kno; ;but Id e to em and not haveem.
quot;O is it: is it?quot; Laura asked, jumping up and doement.
quot;Pas found a bee tree,quot; Ma said. quot;Maybe hell bring us some honey.”
It o t stopped by t s see into it.
Pa called, quot;Caroline, if youll come take tch.”
Ma came out to ted. She said:
quot;ell, C; to threw up her hands. Pa laughed.
All ts he wash-boiler.
Pa and Ma back and fortubs and ts and pails into te neatly hs.
For dinner t, and Pa told tree.
quot;I didnt take my gun,quot; ;because I ing, and nos summer t mucing trouble. Pant, time of year, t tured.
quot;ell, I took a s cut to a big bear. I came around a clump of underbrus as far from me as across this room.
quot; me, and I guess pay anyquot;, more attention to me.
quot;anding at t of a big tree, and bees ing t brush one paw.
quot;I stood tc to a ree and dre out all dripping by t time I ed t honey myself.
So I made a great racket, banging t a tree and yelling. t and so full of dropped on all fours and rees. I cance and got , aree, and the wagon.”
Laura asked the bees.
quot;t ;I left t get stung, and tree do it open.”
quot;Didnt ting you?”
quot;No, said Pa. quot;Bees never sting me.
quot;tree o bottom oring I guess I got enougo last us a long time.”
Laura he poor bees. She said:
quot;t have any honey.”
But Pa said ts of for tree near by, into ime they had a clean, new home.
take t in tree, make it into fresore it in t it ay of er came.