All day she had been so focused on having a successful school day that she had only noticed the nuisance of the new belt when she went to the restroom, but on her

Monday morning dawned groggily. After the awful events of the night before she had seemingly blacked out. She was surprised to find she had been untied at some point, and blacking out had

Sunday afternoon as they were flying over the sunny snow in the cutter, Almanzo said, “It chirks you up to go home over Sunday. I’ve got an idea it’s pretty tough

Friday was very quiet. The school shanty was consumed in a thick anxious silence. Everyone was more preoccupied with looking like they were studying than actually studying, but Laura was too sick at

Tuesday did not go any better. Ruby did not know her spelling. She stood innocent as a kitten with her hands behind her back and explained, “I could not learn it, Teacher. You