I chopped a large pile of wood and stacked it close to the kitchen door.
To make it easy for her to feed our stock, I cut some poles from the hillside and boxed up one of the stalls in the barn.
I filled it full of hay so she wouldn’t have to climb the ladder to the loft.
Papa laid down the law to my sisters about being good and helping Mama while we were gone.
The day before we were to leave, I was as nervous as a June bug in a henhouse.
The day seemed endless. A few of the miserable hours were spent talking to my dogs.
I told them all about the big hunt and how important it was.
“Now if you don’t win the golden cup,” I said, “I won’t be mad because I know you will do your best.”
Old Dan wouldn’t even look at me, and paid no attention to what I said.
He was sulking because I hadn’t been taking him hunting.
When I talked to Little Ann, it was different. She listened and seemed to understand everything I said.
I dreaded to go to bed that night. I thought sleep would be impossible. I must have been more tired than I thought I was.
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