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This quote is the very last sentence from Little House in the Big Woods. The chapter is “The Deer in the Wood”
It’s another winter-night in the little house: Laura and Mary are lying in their trundle bed, Ma is knitting in her rocking chair and Pa is playing his fiddle by the fire. Laura is gladly watching the scene while she thinks about what Pa had told her before about the “days of auld lang syne”.
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Hard to believe that the contest should be over now. It was so much fun…
I just saw this go up so maybe I have a shot. LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS! The last line.
(I’ll say it again: definitely upgrade the WordPress if you can. I’ve been reading about these hacks on the old versions and it sounds pretty dire. HEAP BIG SNOW!)
LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS
“The Deer In The Wood”
page 238
These are the last words of the first Little House book…but really they are just the beginning of the memories that even Laura says “could never be forgotten”.
Quote #12: Little House in the Big Woods; The Deer in The Wood; This is the last line in the book. Pa has his fiddle and is singing the girls to sleep. He has just finished “Auld Lang Syne” and has answered Laura’s question saying that the days of auld lang syne are the days of long ago. As Laura lies awake taking in her surroundings of Pa playing the fiddle and Ma knitting by firelight in the cozy house, she is thinking that “This is now” and can never be forgotten or a long time ago.
Thanks to her books, they are not forgotten. And although by the calendar it was long ago, as I become immersed in her words, they become the present, if only for a little while.
I am going to miss this contest. It has been great fun and I have enjoyed it immensely. Thank you for having it and “Good Luck!” to my fellow players.
This is the last one?
This is the last line of ‘Little house in the big wood’ from the chapter entitled ‘The Deer in the Woods’. The house has been restocked and Pa has gone hunting. However, he came home with nothing. He saw a deer – and its baby – and was unable to shoot. Laura is thrilled and the family decides that it can survive on bread and butter. Pa then decides to play the fiddle and the girls go to bed. He plays a number of songs including Auld Lang Sang. Laura asks what that means and is told the times of long ago. She realizes that now is good – now is now – and can never be a long time ago.