More Than a Dream
“‘‘Take Knute’s horse.’’ Haakan leaped for his wife’s basket and followed her outside. He gave her a leg up and handed her the basket while she shoved her bare feet into the stirrups. Making sure she had a hold on the reins, he stepped back and slapped the horse on the rump.
‘‘I’ll be right behind you.’’ ‘‘I’ll get the buggy hitched,’’ Andrew called back on his way to the barn.
Ingeborg leaned low over the horse’s neck, drumming his sides with her legs. ‘‘Go, boy. Faster.’’ She slowed before the lane turned into the road, then kicked him into a dead gallop again. All the while her mind screamed to heaven, ‘‘Please, dear God, help us, please.’’ Tears blurred her vision, tears of fear and horror, tears caused by the wind, tears of pain for this family that had so recently lost so much.
‘‘He’s at the house!’’ Gus hollered from his post at the lane, then ran behind her as she galloped on. Pulling the horse to a sliding stop at the gate, she fell into Gus’s arms and let him half carry her u...p the steps and into the kitchen.MoreLess
‘‘I’ll be right behind you.’’ ‘‘I’ll get the buggy hitched,’’ Andrew called back on his way to the barn.
Ingeborg leaned low over the horse’s neck, drumming his sides with her legs. ‘‘Go, boy. Faster.’’ She slowed before the lane turned into the road, then kicked him into a dead gallop again. All the while her mind screamed to heaven, ‘‘Please, dear God, help us, please.’’ Tears blurred her vision, tears of fear and horror, tears caused by the wind, tears of pain for this family that had so recently lost so much.
‘‘He’s at the house!’’ Gus hollered from his post at the lane, then ran behind her as she galloped on. Pulling the horse to a sliding stop at the gate, she fell into Gus’s arms and let him half carry her u...p the steps and into the kitchen.MoreLess
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