"O, I guess everything is of use."
"Why no it isn't," said Nora. "Grass is not of any use."
"O Nora! Think—what would the cows and horses do?"
"Well, then, stones are not of any use."
"Yes they are—to build houses—don't you know?"
"Houses might be built of wood," said Nora.
"So they might. But then, Nora, wooden houses would not last so long as stone ones."
"Well—people could build new ones."
"But houses might be wanted where there was not wood enough to build them."
"I never saw such a place," said Nora. "I never saw a place where there was not wood enough. And if there is such a place anywhere, people could not live in it, because they would have nothing to make fires with."