O N C E upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in ttle gray , dark trees of tood all around trees and beyond trees. As far as a man could go to t rees and them.

    olves lived in ts. Muskrats and mink and otter lived by treams. Foxes he hills and deer roamed everywhere.

    to t of ttle log o t, trees, and only a fetle log tered far apart in the Big oods.

    So far as ttle girl could see, ttle er Mary and baby sister Carrie. A rack ran before turning and ting out of sig ttle girl did not kno, nor .

    ttle girl hey do now.

    At nigrundle bed sened and could not  all but trees her.

    Sometimes, far a, a wolf hen he came nearer, and howled again.

    It   little girls. But s. o sleep, Laura. Jack  let trundle bed, close beside Mary, and  to sleep. One nigip out of bed and carried o t s see tting in front of ted t t moon, and howled.

    Jack paced up and doood up along eeto t t get in.

    table airs ttic, pleasant to play in  closed ter. t , door and a back door.

    All around to keep the deer away.

    In t of tiful big oak trees. Every morning as soon as so look out of trees a dead deer hanging from a branch.

    Pa  t t nigrees so t get t.

    t day Pa and Ma and Laura and Mary   Laura  all. But most of t must be salted and smoked and packed ao be eaten in ter.

    For er er, and frost cra nig buried in snos, and treams ter cold  be sure of finding any o s for meat.

    t soundly all er long. ts in rees, ai