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 moing, ma ake out the cheese hoop again.

every moing 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.

“t; sold them.

trees. but it green, it he moon.

“its green,“ said, “because it isnt ripened yet. s cured and ripened, it be a green cheese.”

“is t; laura asked, and laughed.

“i t, because it looks like a green c; s;but appearances are deceiving.“ 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.

“you starve to deat; pa said.

laura begged o tell old grimes. so, tired, ook of its box and played and sang for laura:

“old grimes is dead, t good old man, e neer so , all buttoned down before.

“old grimeses , and blew old grimes away.”

“t! “ said pa. “siged tle cream would aggered along.

“but s of cream, and poor old grimes got so tarved to death.”

t ma and said, “nobodyd starve to death when you were around, caroline.”

ell , no,“ ma said. “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 moing arted to o uncle before long co there were.

“i dont kno; ;but id e to em and not haveem.

“o is it: is it?“ laura asked, jumping up and doement.

“pas found a bee tree,“ ma said. “maybe hell bring us some honey.”

it o t stopped by t s see into it.

pa called, “caroline, if youll come take tch.”

ma came out to ted. she said:

“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.

“i didnt take my gun,“ ;because i ing, and nos summer t mucing trouble. pant, time of year, t tured.

“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.

“ me, and i guess pay any“, more attention to me.

“anding at t of a big tree, and bees ing t brush one paw.

“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.

“t ;i left t get stung, and tree do it open.”

“didnt ting you?”

“no, said pa. “bees never sting me.

“tree o bottom oring i guess i got enougo last us a long time.”

laura he poor bees. she said:

“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.