The
group made their way in the darkness through the cold and mud. Kyla wondered
what sorts of scary animals were watching them from the dark woods as they wandered
by. She could hear dogs (or wolves?) baying in the distance and perched crows
cawing loudly from nearby trees.
Harriet
walked in front. Ben followed her. Jane was next. She kept Baby Claire bundled
up in a blanket that was tied over one of her shoulders like a sling. Zammie
and Kyla followed Jane, and Robert and Henry brought up the rear.
“I
hear they got sharp teeth, and noses like pigs,” said Henry.
“Who
does?” asked Robert.
“Northerners,”
answered Henry.
“Pig
noses?”
“Yeah,
and certain ones, if you make ‘em mad, they’ll beat ya and leave ya in the
streets to be eaten by the rats. And they say the rats are as big as ponies.”
“That’s
nonsense,” said Robert.
“It’s
true,” said Henry. “Masser told me so.”
“You’re
master told you that?”
“Yeah.”
“Don’t
you know all masters say that junk about Northerners so slaves’ll be too scared
to run away?”
Henry
thought about that for a moment.
“Really?”
he asked. “So they don’t got pig noses?”
-- Through the woods
from Time Trip #2 (Chapter 11)
TIME TRIP ADVENTURE 2
A RIDE ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
TIME TRIP ADVENTURE 3
WITNESS TO THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
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