Next Spring An Oriole (2010)
““Rob, do you really believe they will come?” Mama asked.
“Mr. LaBelle gave his word,” Papa said. “He’s a funny fellow, but an honest one, I believe.”
It was hard to imagine that by nightfall all the logs that lay scattered about would be a house.
The LaBelles were the first to arrive. The children jumped down out of the wagon and were everywhere at once. They ran down to see the pond, scrambled over the logs, climbed into our wagon to see what there might be to eat and tasted what they found.
S...oon other wagons arrived. One family came a distance of twenty miles. The Indian whose daughter we had cared for came to help. “You go to a lot of trouble to build your house,” he told Papa. “We make our houses from a few sticks and some birch bark. When it is time for us to move on, we are not sorry to leave. But you could not leave a house like this one without looking back many times.” I wondered if he thought us foolish.
When the first logs had been laid, Mr. LaBelle, the most skillful man with an axe, was asked to be the corner man.MoreLess
“Mr. LaBelle gave his word,” Papa said. “He’s a funny fellow, but an honest one, I believe.”
It was hard to imagine that by nightfall all the logs that lay scattered about would be a house.
The LaBelles were the first to arrive. The children jumped down out of the wagon and were everywhere at once. They ran down to see the pond, scrambled over the logs, climbed into our wagon to see what there might be to eat and tasted what they found.
S...oon other wagons arrived. One family came a distance of twenty miles. The Indian whose daughter we had cared for came to help. “You go to a lot of trouble to build your house,” he told Papa. “We make our houses from a few sticks and some birch bark. When it is time for us to move on, we are not sorry to leave. But you could not leave a house like this one without looking back many times.” I wondered if he thought us foolish.
When the first logs had been laid, Mr. LaBelle, the most skillful man with an axe, was asked to be the corner man.MoreLess
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