For weeks Washington and his companion lived in the forest. They found the best places for hunting, and the best lands for farms.
When they returned home Sir Thomas was much pleased with all that the young men told him about the new country. He made up his mind to move across the mountains and to spend the rest of his life upon his own lands.
George was well paid for his work of surveying. This was the first money he had ever earned, and he enjoyed spending it because he had worked hard for it.
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN]
His New Home
I.
| chain | patient | Kentucky | furry |
| ashes | potatoes | Indiana | bacon |
| rifle | inclosed | household | loosed |
In the autumn after Abraham Lincoln was eight years old, his parents left their Kentucky home and moved to Indiana.