21. i had some fun today. they wasent enny school today becaus old
Francis had to go to a funeral or something. so i bilt a nest for my
hens.

Apr. 22. Brite and fair. father aint going to have enny geese. tonite we
got a old yellow hen of Sam Dire and set her on 7 eggs in the
horse-stal, and then we had super. nothing hapened at super xcept that
Keene got sent to bed for sticking out her tung at father when she
thought he wasent looking but he was, becaus he woodent let her go over
to see Lucy Watson Beanys sisters new hat. well after it was dark father
said i forgot to pay Sam for his hen and he started rite acros the
garden to go over to Sam Diars and it was dark and i herd a auful splash
and thumping round and feerful swaring and i knew father was in the
geese pond. i woodent dass to wright down what he said, if i had said
what he did he wood have sent me to bed for a year. well he came limping
home and swaring into the house and he made me get a lanten and we went
out to the barn and he took the old hen by her hind legs and swung her
round jest as we fellers do when we plug apples on a stick and pluged
her way over in Sam Diars yard and then he took the eggs and pluged them
as far as he cood and told me to fill up the pond tomorow or he wood
lick me. then we went in and mother and aunt Sarah nearly killed
themselves laffin and father said i spose you wood laff if i killed
myself and when i went up to bed i laffed easy and Keene and Cele were
laffing under the bed close. bimeby i herd father laffin and then we all
laffed loud. jest think i had to pay a dollar and a half of my cornet
money for pluging 5 eggs and father pluged 7 eggs and a old hen and
dident have to pay ennything, ennyway it was fun to see him.

Apr. 23. Brite and fair. i filled up the geese pond. it was sunday but
it was after dark.

Apr. 24. Brite and fair. when father came home i told him i had filled
up the geese pond and he asked me where the tub was and when i said i
had filled it up he said i was a loonatic and dident know enuf to go in
when it raned. so he made me dig out the tub and fill in the hole. i
tell you i have to wirk prety hard.

Apr. 25. Brite and fair. today old man Thirsten Medos father came to the
house and told mother someone had pluged roten eggs at his barn. mother
dident know what to say for a minit for she dident want to tell about
fathers falling into the geese pond, so she said she was very sure i
hadent done it but s