Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . in which we mightrun and play. We could go where we liked, ifwe did not get too far away to hear the mastercall, Books! That was his way of ringing therecess bell. Then there were the long noons every day!Of course, we all brought our dinners, as it wastoo far to go home. When it was pleasantweather we could eat in the woods. Such fun as we had playing games! Littlegirls played King William, Blackman, Hideand Seek, and other games. The old trees madethe best of hiding places. The boys, of course, took more pleasure in play-ing ball, climbing trees,
Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . in which we mightrun and play. We could go where we liked, ifwe did not get too far away to hear the mastercall, Books! That was his way of ringing therecess bell. Then there were the long noons every day!Of course, we all brought our dinners, as it wastoo far to go home. When it was pleasantweather we could eat in the woods. Such fun as we had playing games! Littlegirls played King William, Blackman, Hideand Seek, and other games. The old trees madethe best of hiding places. The boys, of course, took more pleasure in play-ing ball, climbing trees, jumping, racing, andso on. Our school lasted only a few months in theyear. We could not always go, even when theschool was open. The big boys and girls muststay at home when there was work to do. They Grandfather*s Storv. 121 could go only on rainy days, or when there wasno work. Sometimes there was a school for a few weeksin summer. Only the little children went then,for, of course, this was the time when all the bigones had to work THE BEST HIDING PLACE. A woman taught this school. People thoughta woman could not teach big boys, because shewas not strong enough to thrash them. I fear that many of the children learned butlittle in our old-time schools. The bright oneswould learn pretty fast, as the master heard themsay their lessons as often as they wished. Theslow ones learned almost nothing. Often children would go to school all that they 122 Stories of Pioneer Life. could for several years and not be able to readas well as you can after going one year. Per-haps they would have to leave school and go towork when they had not learned enough to beable to read a story or write a letter. VII. CLOTHING. You have seen how we got our food in ourpioneer homes. We also provided our clothes
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