Lisbeth Longfrock: Chapter 2
(I'm posting this a bit early
because we're going to be in town all day. You can read the
beginning of the
story in the
archives if you
missed it.
Note that several of
the images were scavenged off the internet. Click on the image to
find its source.)
CHAPTER 2: LISBETH LONGFROCK AS
SPINNING WOMAN
When Lisbeth found herself in the farm
dooryard, with the different
buildings all about her, she really had to stand still and gaze around.
Oh, how large everything was!—quite on another scale from things at
home. Why, the barn door was so broad and high that Peerout Castle
could easily go right through it, and each windowpane in the big house
was as large as their own whole window. And such a goat!—for just then
she caught sight of Crookhorn, who had come warily up to the doorway,
and who only saw fit to draw back as Bearhunter approached. Not that
Crookhorn was afraid of Bearhunter,—no, indeed!
The goat was
larger than most goats,—about as large as a good-sized
calf. If the cows belonging to Hoel Farm were as much larger than
ordinary cows, thought Lisbeth, they would be able to eat grass from
the roof of Peerout Castle while standing, just as usual, on the
ground.
She glanced searchingly at the cow-house door. No, it was not larger
than such doors usually were, so the cows were evidently no bigger than
other cows.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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