Coffin to Lie On
“She strained to see amid the twinkling fireflies. She hoped the shifting shadows dancing about the clearing were created only by the moonlit trees swaying in the night breeze.
She tightened the gathering line in the canvas opening to shut the rest of the hole and plopped back down. She had to stop thinking dreadful thoughts and get her mind on something pleasant if she stayed sane through this dark, lonesome night. What had Anselm been telling her as they jarred along trails rough enough to loo...sen her eye teeth?
They were going to homestead land that would be theirs. They would have bountiful crops of fruit in a few years from their orchard and a herd of cattle. Thoughts of a new home with a roof over her head during bad weather and protection from wild animals help calm Miranda's unsettled nerves.
Her eyes grew heavy. Her head nodded and rested on her chest.
All at once, the whisper of grass bending and straightening up along side the wagon brought Miranda out of her stupor. Her eyes widened in fright.MoreLess
She tightened the gathering line in the canvas opening to shut the rest of the hole and plopped back down. She had to stop thinking dreadful thoughts and get her mind on something pleasant if she stayed sane through this dark, lonesome night. What had Anselm been telling her as they jarred along trails rough enough to loo...sen her eye teeth?
They were going to homestead land that would be theirs. They would have bountiful crops of fruit in a few years from their orchard and a herd of cattle. Thoughts of a new home with a roof over her head during bad weather and protection from wild animals help calm Miranda's unsettled nerves.
Her eyes grew heavy. Her head nodded and rested on her chest.
All at once, the whisper of grass bending and straightening up along side the wagon brought Miranda out of her stupor. Her eyes widened in fright.MoreLess
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