Trapped indoors, I was as nervous as a fish out of water.
I told Mama I guessed it was just going to storm all winter.
She laughed and said, “I don’t think it will, but it does look like it will last for a while.”
She ruffled up my hair and kissed me between the eyes.
This did rile me up. I didn’t like to be kissed like that.
It seemed that I could practically rub my skin off and still feel it, all wet and sticky, and kind of burning.
Sometime on the fifth night, the storm blew itself out and it snowed about three inches.
The next morning I went out to my doghouse. Scraping the snow away from the two-way door, I stuck my head in.
It was as warm as an oven. I got my face washed all over by Little Ann.
Old Dan’s tail thumped out a tune on the wall. I told them to be ready because we were going hunting that night.
I knew the old ringtails would be hungry and stirring for they had been denned up during the storm.
That evening as I was leaving the house, Papa said, “Billy, be careful tonight.
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