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Pagina 16 - 25 gennaio 2020
Pa took her hand and comforted it in his big one. He said, "We must do the best we can, Laura, and not grumble. What must be done is best done cheerfully. And someday we will have horses again."

Pagina 30 - 25 gennaio 2020
She remembered with all her might that she must not go near that deep, shady swimming-pool, and suddenly she turned around and hurried toward it.

Pagina 32 - 25 gennaio 2020
Pa was a shadow against the sky

Pagina 32 - 25 gennaio 2020
Everything was beautiful and good, except Laura.

Pagina 96 - 25 gennaio 2020
Pa's strong hands swung Laura up. She sat on the horse's big, gentle back and felt its aliveness carrying her.

Pagina 97 - 26 gennaio 2020
It's dark as a stack of black cats.

Pagina 98 - 26 gennaio 2020
The fast, strong water was fearful and fascinating. [...] It came dashing high and white around the bend upstream. It was always changing and always the same, strong and terrible.

Pagina 99 - 26 gennaio 2020
"Now dressed quickly," Ma said, "or you'll catch your death of cold."

Pagina 104 - 26 gennaio 2020
This was not like wolves or cattle. The creek was not alive. It was only strong and terrible and never stopping. It would pull her down and whirl her way, rolling and tossing her like willow branch. It would not care.

Pagina 108 - 26 gennaio 2020
Ma and Mary and Laura helped plant the potatoes and sprinkle little seeds in the garden-rows, and they let Carrie think she was helping.

Pagina 108 - 26 gennaio 2020
The whole world was green with grass now

Pagina 111 - 26 gennaio 2020
Up on the skeleton roof Pa and Mr. Nelson hammered and sawed. Little blocks of wood fell down, and Laura and Mary gathered them in piles and build houses of their own. They have never had such a good time.

Pagina 132 - 26 gennaio 2020
"Then stay out of the mud, flutterbudget," said Pa. "If you don't want trouble, don't go looking for it."

Pagina 144 - 26 gennaio 2020
The clean, grassy road ended in dust. This dusty road went by a small house and then past a store. The store had a porch with steps going up to it.

Pagina 187 - 26 gennaio 2020
Pa turned on the seat and asked, "How do you girls like the first time you ever went to church?"
"They can’t sing," said Laura.

Pagina 251 - 14 marzo 2020
Laura's mouth fell open and her eyes stretched to look at what she saw.

Pagina 262 - 15 marzo 2020
Mary asked, "Oh, Pa, what does it mean?" and Pa said, "I don't know."

Pagina 269 - 20 marzo 2022
Then one early morning Pa went walking away. He went whistling out of sight, with his jumper-roll on his shoulder.

Pagina 285 - 20 marzo 2022
"Well," said Laura, "Let's play keeping house."
"We are keeping house," said Mary. "What is the use of playing it?"

Pagina 291 - 21 marzo 2022
Sometime soon they would be old enough not to make any mistakes, and then they could always decide what to do. They would not have to obey Pa dn Ma any more.

Pagina 307 - 21 marzo 2022
Laura waited a long time. She made up her mind to wait longer, and she did.

Pagina 312 - 21 marzo 2022
The lamp was shining in the window.
For a long time Laura looked down. Ma did not move. The lamp went on shining.