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Chapter 10: SUMMERTIME

        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 a.

        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 ing and cooking, and opeore sugar. And on t, a o te in trange co play ay h.

        t came, t Eva and Clarey 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 m Laura o stand still a long time    into long curls. Mary ting primly on a ch her golden curls shining and her a-blue dress fresh and crisp.

        Laura liked    Ma pulled    ead of golden, so t no oiced it. Everyoiced and admired Marys.

        "t; Ma said at last. "Your ifully, and Lotty is ing.

        Ru , brown curls olden curls.”

        Laura and Mary ran out of t Lotty    te. Aunt Lotty iful pink and s by oring.

        ", 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 plader 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 kied to pick up c every day to do it. to more than ever.

        Laura grabbed t chip, and Mary said:

        "I dont care. Aunt Lotty likes my , ahan brown.”

        Lauras t sig speak. Stier t speak, so s quickly and slapped Marys face.

        t;e here, Laura.”

        S sloting just ihe door. he had seen her slap Mary.

        "You remember," Pa said, "I told you girls you must rike 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, "e ; ook    in t ly c    again.

        Sold Pa all about it, and s;You dont like goldehan 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    re, a 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 Ualk about t for Aunt Polly and Grandma. So Pa    again to Ule 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, a stand    all into a clot t.

        ied to a big pan and salted it, turning and mixing it well.

        Laura and Mary o eat bits of ting it. It squeaked ih.

        Uree outside t up to press t ttle ood ay pail.

        Ma put    clot, and filled it ed curd. S clotop of it a round board, cut small enougo go ied a op of the board.

        All day long ttled slo of t and ran doo t m, Ma ake out the cheese hoop again.

        Every m sook t of trimmed it smootig, and rubbed tter. t try.

        Every day s clot all over ter once more, and laid it dos reat many days, t.

        t ao do    but eat it.

        Laura and Mary liked co eat t squeaked io 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    m 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 e 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    bad fortubs and ts and pails into te    ly hs.

        For di, and Pa told tree.

        "I didnt take my gun," ;because I    ing, and nos summer t mug 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 d 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 ing me.

        "tree o bottom         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 , new home.

        take t in tree, make it into fresore it in t it ay of er came.
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