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Show 9T>. don't dare bank i t another night. The roasting and baking today have just about brought the coals up to the top of the l i d s again. This exercise will make him sleep quieter." "Why d i d n ' t you throw the ashes out in the snow like you did yesterday?" Weasel asked Bill. "Wind was too bad today. It could have blown them against the cabin and started a f i r e ." Wake me up. B i l l , " Sunny said, "While you're making the f i r e in the morning, I ' l l get the cooled down ashes out for you." " T h a t ' l l sure help and a l l of you put on your xrarmest tonight." The next morning L i t t l e B i l l ' s hands were so cold they were blue and hard. When Olaf came in from the lean-to, Bill said, "Look! Are they going to have frost bite?" "They'll be a l l right-let'em warm up gradually. Don't even mean he slept cold, just that he had them out of his covers a l l night." The blizzard continued for two more days, and the last night of i t , the calf was s t i l l b o r n . The cow stood only u n t i l the next morning and then lay down. Bill hurried out to her with a b o t t l e of gruel, sulfer and honey. He got the neck of the b o t t l e down her throat, and she sxrallowed most of It." |
