Little House in the Big Woods (The Little House on the Prairie)

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All that day the sun shone, the snow melted, and little streams of water ran from the icicles, which all the time grew thinner. Peter went out with Pa and Uncle Peter to do the chores, and Alice and Ella helped Aunt Eliza make the beds, and Laura and Mary set the table, while Ma got breakfast. They might have a bit of cookie dough, too, to make little cookies, and once Laura even made a pie in her patty-pan.

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I could see the snowy road ahead a little way, and I could see the dark woods standing all around me. Then with his sharp jack-knife he worked at them, cutting the edges of the large one into little peaks and towers, with a large star carved on the very tallest point. Then he would put on his coat and cap and mittens again and go out to do the chores and bring in plenty of wood for the fire. Laura and Mary each had a pan, and Pa and Ma showed them how to pour the dark syrup in little streams on to the snow. Addeddate 2021-08-18 11:50:24 Identifier Eng67_WH352 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6sz8hx2j Ocr tesseract 5.There were red squirrels in the trees, chipmunks scurrying through the leaves, and little rabbits playing games together in the open places. There I had been yelling, and dancing, and waving my arms, all by myself in the Big Woods, trying to scare a stump! Alice and Ella and Peter and Mary and Laura did not say a word at table, for they knew that children should be seen and not heard.

Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Pa packed his fiddle carefully in its box and put it in the big sled that was already waiting at the gate. Then taking a box of caps from his pocket, he raised the hammer of the gun and slipped one of the little bright caps over the hollow pin that was under the hammer. Every morning as soon as she was awake Laura ran to look out of the window, and one morning she saw in each of the big trees a dead deer hanging from a branch. As you can see there are many ways to enjoy Little House in the Woods further through these hands-on activities.

It comes up from the roots, when warm weather begins in the spring, and it goes to the very tip of each branch and twig, to make the green leaves grow. She put them in a cloth and squeezed out every bit of the lard, and then she put the cracklings away. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. They must sit quietly and listen while Ma read Bible stories to them, or stories about lions and tigers and white bears from Pa's big green book, The Wonders of the Animal World.

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The woods were dark, but there was a gray light on the snowy path, and in the sky there were a few faint stars. But Grandpa grabbed his gun from the wall and got to the window, just in time to shoot the panther dead. She chopped the meat fine with her chopping knife in the wooden bowl, she seasoned it with pepper and salt and spices.I turned right around and ran into the house where the children were, and slammed the door," Aunt Eliza answered. All the time there was a little smell of smoke in the yard, and when the door was opened a thick, smoky, meaty smell came out. There was the heart and the liver and the tongue, and the head to be made into headcheese, and the dish-pan full of bits to be made into sausage.