The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Author:Eowyn Ivey [Ivey, Eowyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2012-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

At the end of the row, Mabel stood, put her hands to the small of her back, and stretched. Her hem was soiled, her hands dusty and tired. She looked down the field and saw how much they had done. Garrett slapped his hands on his pant legs.

“One row down,” he said. “ ’Bout a thousand to go.” And the boy gave her a half smile, his eyebrows raised as if to ask “Are you still in?”

Mabel nodded.

“Onward ho?” she asked.

Garrett raised a hand, like a conquering explorer.

“Onward ho!”

As Esther rounded a row and headed back down the field, she slowed the horse and gave a wave to the two of them. Mabel waved back. A breeze stirred the loose strands of hair around her face and wicked away the sweat. The sky overhead was cloudless and brilliant. In the distance, beyond the trees, she could see the white mountain peaks. She lifted her skirts and stepped over the row they had just planted. Garrett pulled the burlap sack to her and they started again.

They worked until dusk and arrived back at the cabin well past dinnertime. Jack had lit the lanterns and was frying steaks.

“What’s all this?” Esther said. She inhaled deeply and grinned. “Something smells mighty good.”

“Can’t do much. Thought the least I could do is feed my help.” He smiled like a man at fault.

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