Comments on: The Long Winter, Ch. 10: Three Days’ Blizzard http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/02/25/the-long-winter-ch-10-three-days-blizzard/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed America's most comprehensive site dedicated to the life, literature, and many homes of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Wed, 23 May 2012 17:30:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Linda http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/02/25/the-long-winter-ch-10-three-days-blizzard/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 Linda Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:37:17 +0000 http://beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=3232#comment-1141 I think about why is it different with the farmer they found compared to himself. Almanzo did give Pa some wheat which they ground to make their bread. Was it Royal who noticed how hungry or starved he looked or Almanzo? I think about why is it different with the farmer they found compared to himself.

Almanzo did give Pa some wheat which they ground to make their bread. Was it Royal who noticed how hungry or starved he looked or Almanzo?

]]> By: jen http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/02/25/the-long-winter-ch-10-three-days-blizzard/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 jen Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:18:40 +0000 http://beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=3232#comment-1137 I always thought how stubborn of Almanzo to risk his life riding across the prairie to buy another homesteader's seed wheat rather than selling his own with no risk. Brave, but also foolhardy. I always thought how stubborn of Almanzo to risk his life riding across the prairie to buy another homesteader’s seed wheat rather than selling his own with no risk. Brave, but also foolhardy.

]]> By: Beyond Little House | Chapter 11: Pa Goes to Volga http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/02/25/the-long-winter-ch-10-three-days-blizzard/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Beyond Little House | Chapter 11: Pa Goes to Volga Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:48:16 +0000 http://beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=3232#comment-1122 [...] blizzard that sent Laura and Carrie home from school is finally over. (Except it’s Tuesday, and the [...] [...] blizzard that sent Laura and Carrie home from school is finally over. (Except it’s Tuesday, and the [...]

]]> By: Sue http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/02/25/the-long-winter-ch-10-three-days-blizzard/comment-page-1/#comment-1118 Sue Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:13:45 +0000 http://beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=3232#comment-1118 Regarding Karen's comments about Pa not having a son to help with the work. I read that Ma often said that things would have been much different for them had Freddie lived. Farming is terribly hard work, and having a son would have relieved Pa of that burden. All of that hard work may have resulted in Pa's relatively early death. Regarding Karen’s comments about Pa not having a son to help with the work. I read that Ma often said that things would have been much different for them had Freddie lived. Farming is terribly hard work, and having a son would have relieved Pa of that burden. All of that hard work may have resulted in Pa’s relatively early death.

]]> By: Karen Witham http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/02/25/the-long-winter-ch-10-three-days-blizzard/comment-page-1/#comment-1116 Karen Witham Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:36:22 +0000 http://beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=3232#comment-1116 I wonder if Laura felt any hostility looking back at how well-fed her future husband and his brother were while she and her family were near-starving? I guess Almanzo's and Cap's fetching of the wheat later in the story probably made up for it; also, it amazes me how selfless people could be back then. There was also very much that "every man for himself" attitude, as evidenced by that man with the lifesaving wheat and others, too. Royal has always seemed like a bit of a pain to me; I wonder if Laura didn't think much of him? This makes me want to re-read "Farmer Boy." And it also makes me feel sad for Pa, especially that he never had a son grow up that could help him with the "chores." Backbreaking labor every day during a blizzard, surviving on wheat bread and water. I can't imagine an American man today who could do it. . . I wonder if Laura felt any hostility looking back at how well-fed her future husband and his brother were while she and her family were near-starving? I guess Almanzo’s and Cap’s fetching of the wheat later in the story probably made up for it; also, it amazes me how selfless people could be back then. There was also very much that “every man for himself” attitude, as evidenced by that man with the lifesaving wheat and others, too.

Royal has always seemed like a bit of a pain to me; I wonder if Laura didn’t think much of him? This makes me want to re-read “Farmer Boy.” And it also makes me feel sad for Pa, especially that he never had a son grow up that could help him with the “chores.” Backbreaking labor every day during a blizzard, surviving on wheat bread and water. I can’t imagine an American man today who could do it. . .

]]> By: Susan Barton Malphurs http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/02/25/the-long-winter-ch-10-three-days-blizzard/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Susan Barton Malphurs Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:21:30 +0000 http://beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=3232#comment-1114 I suddenly feel compelled to fire up the griddle! :) I suddenly feel compelled to fire up the griddle! :)

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