Roberta! Four of you slogged through to the very, very end, and from those four, a winner was randomly chosen. Congratulations to all of you who made it! Roberta, you now need to contact me privately at alauters[at]yahoo[dot]com so that…

You all are truly Laura-lovers. You’ve memorized the books and cite chapter and verse when it comes to even the most obscure quotes. It also looks like you had fun participating over the past two weeks. I’ll release the comments…

You all have through Monday to post your answers, and I’ll make this one easy: ———————————– “It can never be a long time ago.”

Just two quotes to go! Here’s today’s: ——————– “Then the sun went down, far away in the west, and it was time to make the camp ready for night.”

“From the grassy swell where she picketed Ellen she could see the town beyond to the north. Big Slough curved between and spread wide southwest, covering acres upon acres with its rough high grass.”

“Ma sat by the lamp, mending one of Pa’s shirts. The house seemed cold and still and strange, without Pa.”

“They had nothing but the clothes they wore, and one quilt that his wife had snatched to wrap around the baby in the cellar.”

“It was nice, walking together. To take care of their shoes, they did not walk in the dusty wheel tracks. They walked on the harder strip in the middle where only horses’ hoofs had discouraged the grass.”