Little House in Brookfield~Section 1

Little House in Brookfield---Maria D. Wilkes
I read from the beginning of the book, to page 76.

The book started out with Caroline eating breakfast.  Then it went on to say what some of the chores that they were in charge of were.  One of Carolines chore was to feed the chickens.  Her brothers, Henry and Joseph have to work extra hard with the chores that the father would do because their father died out at sea.  On wash day, Caroline got to help hull water for the first time.  She was really excited to be helping out.  Martha and Caroline had to hull water from the well back to their house so that their mom could do the washing.  Washing clothes took almost a whole day.  You had to get the water hot.  Then scrub each individual piece of clothing until you got all of the dirt out.  Next you had to drop the clothing into a boiling pot of water, and stir it around.  You then put them into a bucket and squeeze the soap out.  Then you have to rinse out the clothes in boiling water.  The last step is that they would put them out on the grass to dry.  That was why washing clothes took almost a full day. :)  In the next chapter, they go into town and Caroline sees a stage coach that was full of people.  They also go to the "grocery store."  That is where I am at right now.

Question:  My question comes from the chapter about Caroline feeding the chickens.  I wonder how many chickens they actually have?  They at least have five because Caroline got five eggs in that chapter.

Prediction:  I predict that Caroline will get to choose something special from the grocery store with the money that they get from the ashes.

Connections:  My connection this week is a text to text.  In other Little House books when they go into town, it is always crowded.  In the chapter about the stage coach, town in busy.  When they are on their way to the grocer, it says that ma had to like "push" past people.  Town always seems to be crowded in the Little House books.  

Focus Question:  I am going to refere back to Hang A Thousand Trees With Ribbons for this weeks focus question.  For the dynamic character, I am going to use Sullie.  Before Phillis goes to London, she tries to be mean to her and hurt her.  She is just out right not nice.  When Phillis gets back from London and Mrs. Wheatley is sick and things are "a mess," she is really glad to see Phillis and she is nice to her.  I would say for a static character, maybe Nathaniel.  When he is teaching Phillis to read, he sometimes could have a temper if she didn't do something right.  Even when they are in London he still has a temper, only maybe a little bit worse.  When they get back home, his temper is still there.  I don't mean to point Nathaniel out, he was nice, but when he had a temper, he had a temper.  Like I said, he was very nice and sweet at points in the book like when Phillis arrived, but that temper was still hidden underneath.