Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 287
ldtake between his hands a few heads of grain, and ruboff the husk, then blow away the chaff. This grain Ichewed and ate. Here, in my shady seat, I would sit and watch thegreat reaper, drawn by two, three, or four horses, as itwent round the field, cutting down the waving grainand binding it into… … (SECOND FRIZ stood close together the harvest was a big one; thatwhen father said it was time for the rabbit to run, thefield was nearly finished; that the pretty flower, thecockle, was an injury to the wheat. In the pleasant summer evenings the family sat on thelong porches that ran along either…
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