分类目录归档：laura
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going west
a long time ago when all the
grandfathers and grandmothers of today
were little boys and little girls or
very small babies
or perhaps not even born pa and ma
and mary and laura and
crossing the creek
pat and patty began to trot briskly as
if they were glad too
laura held tight to the wagon bow and
stood up in the jolting wagon
beyond pau's shoulder and far across the
waves of gr
camp on the high prairie
palm made camp as usual first he
unhitched an unharnessed patent patty
and he put them on their picket lines
picket lines were long ropes fastened to
iron pegs driven into the
prairie day
soft wickerings were close to laura's
ear
and grain rattled into the feed box
paw was giving pat and patty their
breakfasts
back pet don't be greedy he said
you know it's patty's turn pet
the house on the prairie
laura and mary were up next morning
earlier than the sun
they ate their breakfast of cornmeal
mush with prairie hen gravy
and hurried to help mo wash the dishes
paul was loadi
moving in
the walls are up paul was saying
tomorrow in the morning
we better move in and get along as best
we can without a floor or other fixings
i must build the stable as fast as i can
so pat
and p
the wolf pack
all in one day paul and mr edwards built
the stable for pet and patty
they even put the roof on working so
late that ma had to keep supper waiting
for them there was no stable door
but i
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a fire on the hearth
outside the house close to the log wall
opposite the door paw cut away the grass
and scraped the ground smooth he was
getting ready to build the fireplace
then he and ma p
a roof and a floor
all day long every day laura and mary
were busy
when the dishes were washed and the beds
made there was always plenty to do and
to see and to listen to
they hunted for birds nests i
indians in the house
early one morning paw took his gun and
went hunting
he had meant to make the bedstead that
day he brought in the slabs when moss
said she had no meat for dinner
so he stood the sl