But you are thicker and dry heavier, and you grow in any quantity around the lake and on the marshy places, so I'll make the size of the bundle atone for the price.
If I peel you while I wait on the sap I'm that much ahead.

I can spread you on drying trays in a few seconds and there you are.

Howl your head off, Bel, I don't care what you have found.

I wouldn't shoot anything to-day, unless the cupboard was bare and I was starvation hungry.

In that case I think a man comes first, and I'd kill a squirrel or quail in season, but blest if I'd butcher a lot or do it often.