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Show 66. xranted to get out and see hoxr the clouds were forming. L i t t l e Bill xratched him every minute, and finally started to sob. Bill picked up the xrater bucket and tipped i t upside doxm. "All gone!" Then he hugged L i t t l e Bill to him pointing to the bucket, "Drink, la dee," and quickly slid out the door. When B i l l came back in, h i s face xras red and his eye-broxrs frosted. He xras chuckling. "That coxr's been unfriendly, to say the l e a s t , to that old horse but she's snuggled in close to him noxr. Sure hope she xraits u n t i l this blizzard is over to drop her calf; i t ' s as xrild out there as I've ever seen i t , " he said, taking off his coat. "We're in for a night of i t ." Olaf said, "This ol* hoss might as xrell go in to bed then." "Here's your drink l i t t l e guy." Bill held the cup xrhile L i t t l e Bill put both hands over the t i n cup and tipped i t up. "Spring had frozen almost over. Had to knock the ice axray xrith the bucket so I could scoop t h i s water up. Olaf have you ever knoxm i t this cold in November?" "Nahhh. Not t h i s early- Made a mistake-should have brought back a supply. Just slipped a b o t t l e in my coat pocket. Had no idea xre xrere in for a blizzard!" Olaf went into the lean-to and closed the door. Bill hurried around now getting the kitchen work finished. He emptied the tea k e t t l e into the dish pan and filled |