![]() ![]() After dinner, Pa takes out his fiddle and sings while Mr. The evening their home is complete, minus a floor and roof, Ma makes a special dinner. One afternoon while hunting, Pa meets a neighbor who lives 2 miles away. Laura and Mary fetch water, do laundry, prepare food and help care for their baby sister, Carrie. The Ingalls decide to unpack their wagon and begin to settle this land as their own. They are near the Verdigris River, and there are no worn trails in sight. ![]() On the final day of travel, they come across a beautiful open space of land on the plains. Mary, Laura’s older sister, and Laura pick flowers, hunt rabbits, chase gophers and keep an eye out for Indians. Their days are filled with chores and finding or making food, but there is still time for the children to explore. It turns out to be Jack he found his way back to them. Laura spots eyes in the darkness staring at them. At night they hear the howl of wolves, which scares the children. As they travel, the landscape slowly changes, but Pa discovers plenty of good hunting. While crossing a creek with unusually high water, the family loses their loyal dog, Jack, who is taken downriver. They will travel across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas to reach the open prairies. They hope to cross the Mississippi River before its frozen ice melts. One winter during the late 1800s, Laura Ingalls and her family leave the woods of Wisconsin for the West because where they live has become crowded with new settlers. ![]()
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