*It's been a few months, all right more than a few but here we go.
Annabelle woke up her eyes moved about the room. The sunlight danced in from the window on to the bed. The bed Annabelle was now alone in. She put her feet on the floor and started her day by quickly getting dressed and went to find out where Jenny had gone off to so early.
"Good Morning." A pleasant voice greeted her. It was Laura who was setting a pot of sausage gravy on the table. "You woke up just in time for breakfast."
"Good Morning, is there anything I can do to help?" Annabelle asked.
"You could go out to the barn and tell Jenny and Almanzo that breakfast is ready." Laura said.
Annabelle opens the door as she steps outside the air is warm, a lot warmer than she thought Minnesota would be. She made her way to the barn, and stood in the doorway watching Almanzo and Jenny.
"See if you use a wooden peg no nails are wasted." Almanzo told Jenny. Almanzo was repairing a broken stall door, and Jenny was helping him. Almanzo continued to pound the wooden peg into place with a small hammer. He turned a saw Annabelle standing in the doorway.
"Do you need something Annabelle?" He asked.
"Laura said to tell you that breakfast is ready." Annabelle said quietly.
"Thank you, could you tell her we'll be a moment?" Almanzo asked.
"Yes." Annabelle turned and walked towards the house.
"Jenny do you think you can finish hammering this peg in by yourself?"
"Yes, Uncle Almanzo."
"Good I can finish feeding the stock and we'll be done with this mornings chores." Almanzo begins work on the other side of the barn.
His work is interrupted by a high pitched "Oowww!" He scrambles to where Jenny is working.
"Jenny what is it?" He demanded with a panicked look in his eyes.
"Nothing, I just hit my thumb with the hammer." She said as she cradled her left thumb in her right hand.
"Let me see it." Almanzo bends down so he is at Jenny's height. "Well it doesn't seem to be broken, but Dr. Baker better have a look at it."
"No," Jenny told him.
"What do you mean no?"
"I can't be late for school."
You hit your thumb, and I think Dr. Baker should look at it. Miss Plumb won't mind if you're a little late because you were at the doctors." Almanzo tells her looking into her eyes.
"Today's the spelling bee, I can't be late. I've study really hard." Jenny pleaded. "I'll drive you, and I promise you won't be late for the spelling bee. Deal?" He asked offering her his hand.
"Deal!" Jenny said putting her hand in Almanzo's. "Ow."
"What now? That was the hand with the sore thumb." Jenny told him.
"Sorry, we'd better get inside before Laura's cross." Almanzo told his niece.
"Aunt Laura hardly ever is cross." Jenny noted.
"Well, this might just be the day that she is, and we wouldn't want to be on her bad side now would we?" He asked.
"No." Jenny ran off in front of him to get to the house. He followed not wanting to be any later.
"What took you two so long Annabelle, Rose, and I have been waiting for nearly 10 minutes?" Laura asked
"Jenny hit her thumb with the hammer. I'm taking her to see Doc Baker after breakfast." Almanzo said as he washed his hands with the pump in the sink.
"Oh dear! Jenny is it hurt badly?" Laura asked worriedly.
"Don't worry Bess it isn't broken." Almanzo tried to calm his wife.
"Are you sure it's all right Jenny? Laura asked.
"Yes, Aunt Laura but we have to hurry up and eat." Jenny said.
"Why is that?" Laura asked.
"Because today is the spelling bee!" Jenny exclaimed.
"In that case we had better say grace now and hurry with breakfast." Laura told everyone. "Annabelle would you like to say grace?"
"I think it would be appropriate if we all said The Lord's Prayer," Annabelle said.
"And that it will be. Our Father who." Laura began and everyone but Rose joined in, all though she did make spit bubbles.
Annabelle woke up her eyes moved about the room. The sunlight danced in from the window on to the bed. The bed Annabelle was now alone in. She put her feet on the floor and started her day by quickly getting dressed and went to find out where Jenny had gone off to so early.
"Good Morning." A pleasant voice greeted her. It was Laura who was setting a pot of sausage gravy on the table. "You woke up just in time for breakfast."
"Good Morning, is there anything I can do to help?" Annabelle asked.
"You could go out to the barn and tell Jenny and Almanzo that breakfast is ready." Laura said.
Annabelle opens the door as she steps outside the air is warm, a lot warmer than she thought Minnesota would be. She made her way to the barn, and stood in the doorway watching Almanzo and Jenny.
"See if you use a wooden peg no nails are wasted." Almanzo told Jenny. Almanzo was repairing a broken stall door, and Jenny was helping him. Almanzo continued to pound the wooden peg into place with a small hammer. He turned a saw Annabelle standing in the doorway.
"Do you need something Annabelle?" He asked.
"Laura said to tell you that breakfast is ready." Annabelle said quietly.
"Thank you, could you tell her we'll be a moment?" Almanzo asked.
"Yes." Annabelle turned and walked towards the house.
"Jenny do you think you can finish hammering this peg in by yourself?"
"Yes, Uncle Almanzo."
"Good I can finish feeding the stock and we'll be done with this mornings chores." Almanzo begins work on the other side of the barn.
His work is interrupted by a high pitched "Oowww!" He scrambles to where Jenny is working.
"Jenny what is it?" He demanded with a panicked look in his eyes.
"Nothing, I just hit my thumb with the hammer." She said as she cradled her left thumb in her right hand.
"Let me see it." Almanzo bends down so he is at Jenny's height. "Well it doesn't seem to be broken, but Dr. Baker better have a look at it."
"No," Jenny told him.
"What do you mean no?"
"I can't be late for school."
You hit your thumb, and I think Dr. Baker should look at it. Miss Plumb won't mind if you're a little late because you were at the doctors." Almanzo tells her looking into her eyes.
"Today's the spelling bee, I can't be late. I've study really hard." Jenny pleaded. "I'll drive you, and I promise you won't be late for the spelling bee. Deal?" He asked offering her his hand.
"Deal!" Jenny said putting her hand in Almanzo's. "Ow."
"What now? That was the hand with the sore thumb." Jenny told him.
"Sorry, we'd better get inside before Laura's cross." Almanzo told his niece.
"Aunt Laura hardly ever is cross." Jenny noted.
"Well, this might just be the day that she is, and we wouldn't want to be on her bad side now would we?" He asked.
"No." Jenny ran off in front of him to get to the house. He followed not wanting to be any later.
"What took you two so long Annabelle, Rose, and I have been waiting for nearly 10 minutes?" Laura asked
"Jenny hit her thumb with the hammer. I'm taking her to see Doc Baker after breakfast." Almanzo said as he washed his hands with the pump in the sink.
"Oh dear! Jenny is it hurt badly?" Laura asked worriedly.
"Don't worry Bess it isn't broken." Almanzo tried to calm his wife.
"Are you sure it's all right Jenny? Laura asked.
"Yes, Aunt Laura but we have to hurry up and eat." Jenny said.
"Why is that?" Laura asked.
"Because today is the spelling bee!" Jenny exclaimed.
"In that case we had better say grace now and hurry with breakfast." Laura told everyone. "Annabelle would you like to say grace?"
"I think it would be appropriate if we all said The Lord's Prayer," Annabelle said.
"And that it will be. Our Father who." Laura began and everyone but Rose joined in, all though she did make spit bubbles.