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Show LJe them up. He put their last lard bucket on the stove and getting every drop of lard out of it as it melted, broxmed carrot flour and garlic in it, and made/stexr to have over their biscuits for supper. Weasel xremt right back to bed a f t e r eating, but the r e s t of them sat around the stove drinking their coffee. "Olaf", Bill said, "Hoxr long xrill the xrood-you and Sunny cut up today^last us?" "Don't worry about that, Bill, we've got txro more sides and the roof to take doxm before xre're out of xrood.' Wind's sure to bloxr i t s e l f out soon noxr, and the time is near xrhen xre'11 be eating bear meat too." Bill xrent back to bed, and Sunny put L i t t l e Bill down on the floor. He went right over to B i l l ' s bed and pulled himself up by him. Sunny said, "Hey, over here's the guy xrho put you.doxm." L i t t l e Bill shouted back a t Sunny and scooted over to him. But the weather didn't change. Day a f t e r day i t blew. Time a f t e r time, wood smoke f i l l e d the cabin as they tried to get the f i r e going in the morning. ?>unny or Olaf xrould get up and t r y to get i t going and the ashes out, because Bill xras s t i l l weak. If the gale xras a t i t ' s xrorst, though, only B i l l , who knew the old stove, could get i t pulling xrithout using too much of their kindling. The xrood from the cow shed, res not dry like t h e i r other fire xrood. |
