Sunday, August 12

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After Pa had gone back to the store, Ma talked seriously to Laura.  She said that she wanted her girls to know how to behave, to speak nicely in low voices and have gentle manners and always be ladies.  They had always lived in wild, rough places, except for a little while on Plum Creek, and now they were in a rough railroad camp, and it would be some time before this country was civilized.  Until then, Ma thought it best that they keep themselves to themselves.  She wanted Laura to stay away from the camp and not get acquainted with any of the rough men there.  It would be all right for her to go quietly with Pa to see the work this once, but she must be well-behaved and lady-like, and remember that a lady never did anything that could attract attention."

Laura Ingalls Wilder

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