no it ime, and people visiting. sometimes uncle of to see pa. ma o the folks were, and she would say:

“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 moing 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.

“t; ma said at last. “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.

“, aunt lotty,“ mary asked, “bro; ma old to ask t, and mary tle girl ed to aunt lotty would say, and s miserable.

“i like bot,“ 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:

“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.

“you remember,“ pa said, “i told you girls you must never strike eacher.”

laura began, “but mary said-”

“t makes no difference,“ said pa. “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, “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, tuing 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.