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couldtalk，forIwasgettingintoanawfulmess。“Youseeheknowsthatyouwanthimtobealawyer，andthathemustquitplowingbeforehecanbemorethanfriendswithyou。That’swhathe’splowingfor！Ifitwasn’tforthat，probablyhewouldn’t；
beplowingatall。Heaskedfathertolethim，andheborrowedmother’shorses，andhehookedtheflowersthroughthefence。
Everynightwhenhecomeshome，hekneelsbesidemotherandasksherifheis`repulsive，’andshetakeshiminherarmsandthetearsrolldownhercheeksandshesays：`Fatherhasfarmedallhislife，andyouknowhowrepulsiveheis。’“
Iventuredanupwardpeep。Iwasdoingbetter。Hertemperseemedtobecooling，butherfacewasajumble。Icouldn’tfindanyonethingonitthatwouldhelpme，soIjuststumbledaheadguessingatwhattosay。
“Hedidn’tWANTtodoit。HeperfectlyHATEDit。ThosefieldswerehisWaterloo。EveryfurrowwasaFIGHT，buthewasFORCED
toshowyou。“
“ExactlyWHATwashetryingtoshowme？“
“Icanthinkofthreethingshetoldme，“Ianswered。“Thatplowingcouldbesomanagedasnottodisfigurethelandscape——“
“Thedunce！“shesaid。
“Thathecouldplowordodirtierwork，andnotberepulsive——“
“Theidiot！“shesaid。
“Thatifhecameoverthere，andplowedrightunderyournose，whenyou’dtoldhimhemustn’t，orhecouldn’tbemorethanfriends；andwhenyouknewthathe’dmuchratherdieandbelaidbesidethelittlesistersupthereinthecemeterythantoNOTbemorethanfriends，why，you’dsee，ifhedidTHAT，hecouldn’thelpit，thathejustMUST。ThathewasFORCED——“
“Thesoldier！“shesaid。
“OhPrincess，hedidn’twantto！“Icried。“Hetellsmesecretshedoesn’tanyoneelse，unlessyou。Hetoldmehowhehatedit；
buthejusthadtodoit。“
“DoyouknowWHY？“
“Ofcourse！It’sthewayhe’sMADE！Fatherislikethat！Hehaschancestoliveincities，makebigbusinessdeals，andgotothelegislatureatIndianapolis；I’veseenhislettersfromhisfriendOliverP。Morton，ourGovernor，youknow；they’reinhischesttillnow；butfathercan’tdoit，becauseheismadesohestaysathomeandworksforus，andthisfarm，andtownship，andcountywherehebelongs。Hesaysifallmenwilldothatthemillenniumwillcometo-morrow。I’sposeyouknowwhatthemillenniumis？“
“Ido！“saidthePrincess。“ButIdon’tknowwhatyourfatherandhisfriendOliverP。MortonhavetodowithLaddie。“
“Why，everythingonearth！Laddieisfather’sson，yousee，andheismadelikefather。Noneofourotherboysis。Notoneofthemlovesland。Leonisgoingawayasquickaseverhefinishescollege；butthemoreyoueducateLaddie，thebetterhelikestomakethingsgrow，themorehelovestomaketheworldbeautiful，tobekindtoeveryone，togentleanimals——why，thebiggestfightheeverhad，themanhewhipped’tilhemostcouldn’tbringhimbackagain，wasonewhokickedhishorseinthestomach。
Gee，Ithoughthe’dkilledhim！Laddiedidtooforawhile，butheonlysaidthemandeservedit。“
“Andsohedid！“criedthePrincessangrily。“Howbeastly！“
“That’sonereasonLaddiestickssoclosetoland。Hesayshedoesn’tmeetnearlysomanytwo-leggedbeastsinthecountry。
Almosteverytimehegoestotownheeithergetsintoafightorheseessomethingthatmakeshimfightingmad。Princess，youthinkthisbeautiful，don’tyou？“
Ijustpointedanywhere。Alltheworldwasinitthatmorning。
Youcouldn’tlookrightorleftandnotseelovelyplaces，hearmusic，andsmellflowers。
“Yes！Itisaltogetherwonderful！“shesaid。
“Wouldyouliketoliveamongthisallyourlife，andhaveyourplansmadetofixyouaplaceevennicer，andthenbeforcedtoleaveitandgotoalittleroominthecity，andmakeallthemoneyyouearnedoffofhowmuchothermenfightoverbusiness，andlandandsuchperfectlyawfulthings，thattheyalwayshavetobewhisperedwhenJerrytellsaboutthem？Wouldyou？“
“Youlittledunce！“shecried。
“IknowI’mafool。IknowI’mnottellingyouasinglethingI
should！MaybeI’mhurtingLaddiefarmorethanI’mhelpinghim，andifIam，IwishIwoulddiebeforeIseehim；butoh！
Princess，I’mtryingwithallmymighttomakeyouunderstandhowhefeels。HeWANTStodoeveryleastthingyou’dlikehimto。
Hewill，almostanythingelseintheworld，hewouldthis——hewouldinaminute，buthejustCAN’T。Allofusknowhecan’t！
Ifyou’dlivedwithhimsincehewaslittleandalwayshadknownhim，youwouldn’taskhimto；youwouldn’twanthimto！Youdon’tknowwhatyou’redoing！Mothersaysyoudon’t！You’llkillhimifyousendhimtothecitytolive，youjustwill！Youaredoingitnow！He’sgettingthinnerandwhitereveryday。
Don’t！Ohpleasedon’tdoit！“
ThePrincesswaslookingattheworld。Shewasgazingatitsodazed-likesheseemedtobesurprisedatwhatshesaw。Sheactedasifshe’dneverreallyseenitbefore。Shelookedandshelooked。Sheeventurnedherhorseafullcircletoseeallofit，andshewentaroundslowly。Isteppedfromonef
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