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Horehound Candies

"What did you bring us, Pa? What? What?"
"Guess," Pa said.

They could now guess.
But Laura felt something crackle in his jumper pocket and she pounced on it.
She pulled out a paper bag,
beautifully striped with tiny red and green sripes.

And in the bag were two sticks of candy,
one for Mary and one for Laura!

They were maple-sugar-colored, and they were flat on one side.
Mary licked hers.
But Laura bit her stick, and the outside of it came off, crumbly.
The inside was hard and clear and dark brown.
And it had a rich, brown, tangy taste.
Pa said it was horehound candy.

After the dishes were done,
Laura and Mary each took her stick of candy and they sat on Pa's knees,
outside the door in the cool dusk.
Ma sat just inside the dugout, humming to Carrie in her arms.

The creek was talking to itself under the yellow willows.
One by one the great stars swung low and seemed to quiver and flicker in the little wind.

Laura was snug in Pa's arm.
His beard softly tickled her cheek and the delicious candy-taste melted on her tongue.

Wilder "On the banks of plum creek"
by foodscene | 2009-09-14 15:16 | アメリカ


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