Carrying the water just with your arms over a long ways was just too hard on you. With the yoke the weight was on your shoulders. |
I can remember my first day of school as though it were yesterday. I was afraid of bears. There were big black bears in that country, and I was sure they were hiding behind the big trees. |
They could be two or three miles from home. They all had bells around their necks that made different sounds. My brother and I got so we could tell which cow it was just by hearing the bell. |