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Show 153. xras how long i t xras going to be before Olaf and Sunny got back. Bill had had no experience xrith a sick child. When he'd carried the l a s t load of xrood in, he xrent over and stood looking doxm a t L i t t l e Bill, xrho.xras s t i l l asleep; he xras breathing easily but too fast. Suddenly Bill felt so xreak and dizzy, he had to s i t down. His arms hung heavy xrith an aching xreakness, and he f e l t as though he couldn't r a i s e them. He checked the time:. It xras past three. He'd done a l l that chopping xrithout food-natural for him, he told himself, to feel dizzy. He'd knoxm this might be a c r i t i c a l time for the baby, he'd xranted to get enough of the night. d i f f i c u l t to cut xrood from the cow shed chopped up to last t h e / He'd xrorked too long in the xrarm sun. He got up sloxrly and cooked three of the carrots and saving the water from them for L i t t l e Bill he a t e one sloxrly; then stretched out on his bunk to rest while L i t t l e Bill res sleeping. He slept and awakened xrhen L i t t l e Bill started s t i r r i n g. He quickly made up the f i r e and xrioed L i t t l e B i l l ' s arms and legs xrith cool -rater. The baby xras droxrsy xrith fever, and Bill t r i e d to ~et him to drink a l i t t l e of the carrot water, but a f t e r one srelloxr he just turned his head from side to side, then f e l l asleep again. Bill xrent out about dusk, looked south,but really didn't exoect Olaf and Bunny back this soon. He brought in an armload of xrood, and sat by the f i r e , io opened the oven door, |
