Leah's Pony
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- small tasks or easy jobs usually done regulary
- chores
- fine, dry earth
- dust
- a grassy field or hillside
- pasture
- a kind of small horse
- pony
- a seat for a rider on a horse's back
- saddle
- strong; stout
- sturdy
- moving very fast
- swift
- When does Leah get the pony?
- She gets the pony during a summer when the corn grows tall.
- Why do the neighbors leave?
- They are escaping the dry weather, the dust, and the grasshoppers that ate the trees bare. They went to settle in Oregon.
- Why can't Papa pay back his loan to the bank?
- He has no corn to sell because of the drought and windstorms.
- Did Mr. B buy Leah's pony? How do you know?
- Yes, he must have bought it, because Leah walks home alone.
- What happens after the auctioneer asks for a bid on the tractor?
- Leah bids one dollar. The man asks for some serious bids, but no one offers a higher price.