NO it ime, and people  visiting. Sometimes Uncle  of to see Pa. Ma o the folks were, and she would say:

    quot;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 morning 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.

    quot;t; Ma said at last. quot;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.

    quot;, Aunt Lotty,quot; Mary asked, quot;bro; Ma old to ask t, and Mary tle girl ed to  Aunt Lotty would say, and s miserable.

    quot;I like bot,quot; 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:

    quot;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.

    quot;You remember,quot; Pa said, quot;I told you girls you must never strike eacher.”

    Laura began, quot;But Mary said-”

    quot;t makes no difference,quot; said Pa. quot;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, quot;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, turning 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.

    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 morning, Ma ake out the cheese hoop again.

    Every morning 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.

    quot;t; sold them.

    trees. But it  green, it he moon.

    quot;Its green,quot; said, quot;because it isnt ripened yet. s cured and ripened, it  be a green cheese.”

    quot;Is t; Laura asked, and laughed.

    quot;I t, because it looks like a green c; s;But appearances are deceiving.quot; 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.

    quot;You  starve to deat; Pa said.

    Laura begged o tell  Old Grimes. So, tired, ook  of its box and played and sang for Laura:

    quot;Old Grimes is dead, t good old man, e neer so , All buttoned down before.

    quot;Old Grimeses , And blew Old Grimes away.”

    quot;t! quot; said Pa. quot;Siged tle cream would  aggered along.

    quot;But s of cream, and poor Old Grimes got so tarved to death.”

    t Ma and said, quot;Nobodyd starve to death when you were around, Caroline.”

    ell , no,quot; Ma said. quot;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 morning arted to o Uncle  before long co there were.

    quot;I dont kno; ;but Id e to em and not haveem.

    quot;O is it:  is it?quot; Laura asked, jumping up and doement.

    quot;Pas found a bee tree,quot; Ma said. quot;Maybe hell bring us some honey.”

    It o t stopped by t s see into it.

    Pa called, quot;Caroline, if youll come take tch.”

    Ma came out to ted. She said:

    quot;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.

    quot;I didnt take my gun,quot; ;because I  ing, and nos summer t mucing trouble. Pant, time of year, t tured.

    quot;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.

    quot; me, and I guess   pay anyquot;, more attention to me.

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

    quot;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.

    quot;t ;I left t get stung, and tree do it open.”

    quot;Didnt ting you?”

    quot;No, said Pa. quot;Bees never sting me.

    quot;tree o bottom  oring   I guess I got enougo last us a long time.”

    Laura he poor bees. She said:

    quot;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.