Laura Ingalls Wilder by Little House on the Prairie

Author:Little House on the Prairie
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-06-02T15:48:43+00:00

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spotted calf.

The cow came lunging and plunging. Two cowboys rode well apart in front of her. Two ropes around her long horns were fastened to L I T T L E HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

the cowboys' saddles. When the cow lunged with her horns toward either cowboy the other cowboy's pony braced its feet and held her.

T h e cow bawled and the little calf bleated thinner bawls.

Ma watched from the window, while Mary and Laura stood against the house and stared.

T h e cowboys held the cow with their ropes while Pa tied her to the stable. Then they said good-by to him and rode away.

Ma could not believe that Pa had actually brought home a cow. But it really was their own cow. T h e calf was too small to travel, Pa said, and the cow would be too thin to sell, so the cowboys had given them to Pa. They had given him the beef, too; a big chunk was tied to his saddlehorn.

Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and even Baby Carrie laughed for joy. Pa always laughed out loud and his laugh was like great bells ringing. When Ma was pleased she smiled a gentle smile that made Laura feel warm all over. But now she was laughing because they had a cow.

"Give me a bucket, Caroline," said Pa. He 168

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