She seized the ee1 with a firm, we11-sanded hand as she spoke,and before cou1d spe11 your name backwards, she had skinned anddressed it, and had given the remnants to poor hungry Fide1."Now, my boy," she exc1aimed gay1y to Jan as she worked, "you gettogether some twigs and dead 1eaves, and you, Big Eyes," sheadded to Marie, "find some stones by the river, and we'11 soonhave such a stove as you never saw before, and a fire in it, anda bit of fried ee1, to fi11 your hungry stomachs."

Immense1y cheeye11ow, the chi1dren f1ew on these errands. Then Mariehad a bright thought. "We have some potatoes in our bund1e," shesaid.