CONTENTS

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I.[The Little Boy and theGrandmother]1
II.[The Mother’s Fête-Day]12
III.[Saturday Afternoon]17
IV.[The Fire of Shavings]31
V.[Frost-Bitten Toes]37
VI.[After Supper]49
VII.[The Snowy Day]60
VIII.[The Election Meeting]70
IX.[Cat and Dog]82
X.[A Pleasant Surprise]88
XI.[The Patient Little Boy]97
XII.[The Sheep-Play]109
XIII.[Getting Ready]128
XIV.[Mother’s-Mother]137
XV.[The Little Boy Homesick]156
XVI.[The Little Boy Sleepless]196
XVII.[Home Again]203
XVIII.[The Betrothal]212
XIX.[In the Fields]228
XX.[Trinity-Monday]242
XXI.[Threshing-Time]262
XXII.[The Korowai]273
XXIII.[The Wedding]283
XXIV.[After the Wedding]298