Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.
Mr. Wilder says he would rather have me help than any man he ever sawed with. And, believe me, I learned how to take care of hens and to make them lay.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
Home is the nicest word there is.
Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
They drove a long way through the snowy woods, till they came to the town of Pepin. Mary and Laura had seen it once before, but it looked different now.