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Sarah Jane Carries the Baby
Five-year-old Sarah Jane is left in charge of the younger children while her parents go to the celebration at the Social Hall across the street. When baby Edwin will not stop crying, she wraps him up, marches across in the dark, and carries him straight to the party — and right into the arms of Aunt Rebecca, who has cake.
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Ann Sews On, and On
After her husband William dies and leaves her alone with seven small children, Ann Jewell sits down with her needle and thread and begins to sew — gloves, smocks, stockings — anything that will keep her family fed. Her oldest daughter Louisa works beside her, and the boys carry bricks, and somehow, day after day, they are all still there.
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Louisa Moves Into the House
Noah has just finished building a beautiful new house in Huntington, and Louisa knows she must be quick. One Sunday morning while Noah is at church giving a talk, Louisa quietly has her sons carry every stick of furniture across town and move the whole family in — and when Noah looks out the chapel window and sees smoke rising from the chimney, he can hardly speak.
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Laura Said 'I Don't Know'
A marshal is in town asking questions, and Louisa tells her youngest daughter Laura to go to the store but to say only 'I don't know' to anyone who asks her anything. Sure enough, the marshal spots little Laura and fires question after question — and every single time, Laura answers, 'I don't know.'
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Alice Wanted a Doll
In the little settlement of Kanab, Alice and her sister Louise each long for a doll at Christmas — but there is only enough for one, and so neither girl gets one. Alice learns to tend the calves, pull the weeds, glean the wheat, and find her happiness in the work of her own hands and the warmth of her family around her.
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Laura Doesn't Know
When a stern marshal stops little Laura on her errand to the store and asks her question after question — who is your father, where do you live, what is your name — Laura answers every single one the same way: 'I don't know.' The marshal stomps off in disgust, and Laura skips home with her package.
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They Made a Home in the Hill
Ann Jewell and her son Samuel arrive in Nephi with almost nothing — no house, no furniture, barely a place to sleep — and so they find a slope of earth, dig a room right into it, and put a front on it. That winter, in a home smaller than a closet, the Rowleys make it theirs.
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John Builds a Water Wheel
John Rowley has a plan: if he can build a great water wheel thirty feet tall, with a wooden flume running water from the ditch all the way to the top, he can grind plaster from the hillside and earn enough to care for his family. He and his boys work for days building it, and on the morning the water finally rushes down and the wheel begins to turn, everyone cheers.
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Quiet in the Cellar
When a warning signal ripples through the frontier settlement, Louisa quickly and silently guides all her children down through the trap door in the floor into the cool darkness below, whispering to them to be still and brave. The children hold each other in the dark, waiting for Mama's face to appear again at the top of the stairs.
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Pay Your Tithing, John
John Rowley stands at his mill, worrying that he cannot afford to tithe his wheat this hard year — until a quiet voice inside him says simply, 'Pay your tithing, John.' He listens. He loads his wagon. And when he arrives at the bishop's barn, something wonderful and unexpected is waiting for him.
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If You Save a Penny
In her small log house in Huntington, Louisa gathers her children close and shares the little sayings she has lived by all her life — about pennies and prayers, about saving and sharing, about doing the best you can. The children listen, and when they grow up, they still hear her voice.
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The Hat Made of Straw
Louisa and her daughters gather straw, braid it into long flat ribbons, sew the ribbons round and round into hats, and then bleach them white with burning sulphur before trimming each one with ribbons of pink and blue. On the day the hats are finished, each girl puts hers on and stands a little taller.
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Butter, Come to Me
Louisa's children spend a long afternoon at the tall butter churn in the cellar, lifting and dropping the dasher until their arms ache, singing their little song to coax the butter along. When the milk at last turns thick and golden, the whole family celebrates together.
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