A Christmas to Remember by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781443119979
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Published: 2009-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

December 16, 1888

This evening Uncle Wilf asked how Henry’s long division lessons with me were coming and Henry just said “We’re not doing that any more.” He said it so fiercely that even Uncle Wilf did not know what to say.

December 17, 1888

Deep snow this morning. The uncles are having a long discussion about feeding the cattle. Uncle James thinks that they should be hauling hay for them, but Uncle Wilf says that cows can push their noses under the snow and eat the bunchgrass. The haystack is as big as a house but Uncle Wilf says it won’t last that long — a haystack is like a bank account, and you can’t spend it too freely. Then Uncle James said that all the children could be sent out to eat frozen bunchgrass and Martha said she wanted to try.

Miss McPhee has stopped being serious at school. Today we made Christmas presents. The girls sewed and the boys whittled.

On the walk home I tried to pretend that Henry was my friend. Here are the things I talked about:

1. Favourite names for babies. My choices are Katharina for a girl and Alonzo for a boy. Henry has no favourites.

2. Whether it would be worse to be deaf or blind. Henry has no opinion.

3. Will we have a Christmas tree? Henry says yes. I suppose that counts as conversation with a friend. A very silent friend.

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