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Show Nettie, Page 55 She had even been asked to sing a solo part with the choir for Stake Conference. Nettie was nervous at f i r s t , but when the music began and she lifted her voice, her nervousness dropped away and she thoroughly enjoyed herself. Byron Sessions, now the stake president, turned around in his seat at the front of the chapel to watch Nettie sing with the choir behind the stand. His face reflected his obvious pleasure as the young curly-haired blond g i r l sang. Singing came naturally to Nettie and she found herself warbling at her chores, no matter how d i f f i c u l t or dirty they were. She even sang to Jerry as she led him along the road to take him to service a neighbor's cow. Jerry was Papa's large bull and he lent him out for a fee to their neighbors. It was usually Nettie who was asked to take him to his rendez-ous and it did look strange to see the young g i r l , though big for her age, nevertheless only ten or eleven years old, leading the big beast by a rope attached to the ring in his nose. He was mild-tempered and never seemed to give Nettie any trouble. No one seemed to wonder what would happen should Jerry ever decide to bolt or take a different direction. Nevertheless, it was an unusual sight-the great dark head and horns of the beast towering above the blond-haired child and both of them walking along the road totally unaware of the picture they made, while Nettie's clear soprano voice t r i l l e d through the air. N e t t i e ' s gift for singing was a t h r i l l to Papa and he surprised her one day with a g i f t. N e t t i e ' s eyes when she saw the organ were as easy to read as the words in her primer. Her joy was l i m i t l e s s . She ran her hands lovingly over |