monday moing everybody got up early, in a o get started to grandpas. pa ed to be to s make good to eat for all to the dance.

breakfast en and t. pa packed s box and put it in t ing at te.

ty and t he robes.

t on to grandpas.

t, and trees seemed to be her side.

after aree trunks, and tly pink. all ttle curve of snos and every little track in the snow had a shadow.

pa sracks of tures in t tracks of cottontail rabbits, tiny tracks of field mice, and titcracks of snoracks, like dogs tracks, o the woods.

t t last long.

it did not seem long until to t grandpas o tood to to come in.

s grandpa and uncle george in t to into grandmas ook off their wraps.

laura loved grandmas tle room t belonged to uncle george, and ts, aunt docia and aunt ruby. and tcove.

it o run t one end all to grandmas bed, under t grandpa e, and t hers.

t caken to t set table, but ate cold venison sandwic for supper grandma made y pudding.

sood by tove, sifting to a kettle of boiling salted er. sirred ter all time ed in til ttle it on tove w would cook slowly.

it smelled good. t and spicy smells from tc flames in t on table. thing was large and spacious and clean.

at supper time pa and grandpa came from t grandpa to fit around t to fit over t full of maple syrup.

pa and grandpa ttle in teadied ts t tle on tove. pa and grand pa poured to ttle, and it it s. t of syrup, and everybody ate t y pudding h maple syrup for supper.

uncle george tons, and h a swagger.

laura looked at ime sing y pudding, because so ma t he was wild.

george is couldnt be o be a drummer boy in teen years old.

laura know w.

outside t made a lovely, ringing sound, far a and trees stood still as tening. ttle bugle anshe big one.

“listen,“ uncle george said, “isnt t pretty? “ laura looked at s say anytopped bloo the house.

ma and grandma cleared a t docia and aunt ruby made tty it, their room.

laura sat on tc t it carefully. ted it from to ted it

across from ear to ear. ts.

t tcore soap, not t, dark bro grandma made and kept in a big jar to use for common every day.

time ttle looking-glass t so smootraige part t it s. ttle puff on eacoo, and ted neatly under t in the back.

tiful ockings, t t of fine cotton ttes, and ttoned up t ss. aunt docia pulled as rubys corset strings, and t docia o t of t ruby pulled on hers.

“pull, ruby, pull!“ aunt docia said, breat;pull ; so aunt ruby braced and pulled docia kept measuring last s;i guess ts t you can do.”

s hey were married.”

caroline was lauras ma, and w proud.

t ruby and aunt docia put on tticoats and tticoats and tiff, starce petticoats ted lace all around t on tiful dresses.

aunt docias dress , dark blue, . ttoned do tons laura ed to taste them.

aunt rubys dress te in lig buttoned tons, and every button tle castle and a tree carved on it.

aunt docias pretty ened in front . but aunt ruby pinned couldnt be used as a needle any more.

ts. ttle s rose up tig, under the wings of shining, sleek hair.

ma iful, too, in tle leaves t looked like stratered over it. t rimmed s of dark green ribbon, and nestling at , as long and as fingers, and it laura o touch her.

people o come. t tes, and to time.

tall boots and s libby tle girl, ttier than baby carrie.

“s, eit; laura said. “carries ttiest baby in t;no, s,“ ther laura said.

“yes, s; “no, s“ ma came sailing over in ;laura!

so neit made a loud, ringing sound in took of its box and began to play, and all tood in squares on to dance whe figures.

“grand rig!“ pa called out, and all ts began to ss began to stamp. t round and round, all ts going one s going ting he air.

“sners!“ pa called, and “eac boo t!