“ell, ts pepin,“ pa said.

laura just nodded say a er a on.

t tcied one to eacook laura and mary by the hand, and ma came beside

to tore. tops of lauras shoes.

tform in front of tore, and at one end of it steps up to it out of t ing so fast t seps. srembling all over.

tore to rade in, torekeeper kne from beer and spoke to o ma, and to sheir manners.

mary said, “; but laura could not say anything.

torekeeper said to pa and ma, “ts a pretty little girl youve got t; and say anyt laura, or about hey were ugly and brown.

tore o look at. all along one side of it iful pinks and blues and reds and broers t, and t, and sacks of store sugar.

in tore ering brigeel ax ing knives and skinning knives and butcs and little boots, big stle shoes.

laura could seen all t store. s knohe world.

pa and ma traded for a long time. torekeeper took dos and bolts of beautiful calicos and spread t for ma to finger and look at and price. laura and mary looked, but must not toucte tier t, and t know how ma could ever choose.

ma ctes of calico to make ss for pa, and a piece of broo make some o make ss and underwear.

pa got enougo make a new apron. ma said:

“o really need it.”

but pa laug pick it out, or urkey red piece te. ma smiled and flus a patte of rosebuds and leaves on a soft, fawn-colored ground.

t for obacco to smoke in a pound of tea, and a little paper package of store sugar to dark brohe maple sugar ma used for every day.

rading orekeeper gave mary and laura eaconis t stood looking at t;thank you.”

laura could not speak. everybody ing, and s make a sound. ma o ask her:

“ do you say, laura?

t;thank you.”

after t t out of tore. bote, and flat and t-sing on tters. ma read it for them. marys said:

roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is s, and so are you.

lauras said only: ss to t.

tly ting han marys.

t back to ttom of ts for the picnic box.

t on te bread and butter and c t and slid back hissing sound.

after dinner, pa back to tore to talk ail s to sleep. but laura and mary ran along tty pebbles t il th.

t in the big oods.

ty one, laura put , and ttier t, t s full. to tc ime to go home.

laura iful pebbles in . but hing happened.

tore rig of fell, and ttom of the wagon box.

laura cried because so dress.

ma gave carrie to pa and came quickly to look at to place. t .

“stop crying, laura,“ s;i can fix it.“ s t to at all, nor t. t tle bag, seo t, and . only t in again, as good as new.

“pick up tty pebbles, laura,“ ma said. “and anotime, dont be so greedy.”

so laura gat t, and carried t in mind very muc tle girl t sook more than she could carry away.

not ever o mary. mary tle girl w and minded .

mary looked very good and s, unrumpled and clean, sitting on t t was fair.

but it tiful lake, and to ao keep al oo pretty to eat.

ted along on t, and t before t of twilighey were safe, because pa had his gun.

t moonligreetops and made patc and sy-clop.

laura and mary did not say anytired, and ma sat silently pa sang softly:

“mid pleasures and palaces, t ever so heres no place like home.”