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He was very proud of his chimney, which he had built higher than any of his neighbors, but he could not be happy, while so many of his cows were sick or dying. HE WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS CHIMNEY WHICH HE HAD BUILT HIGHER THAN ANY OF HIS NEIGHBORS BUT HE COULD NOT BE HAPPY WHILE SO MANY OF HIS COWS WERE SICK OR DYING
built chimneys. Then they set the beds at the side, and made sleeping rooms. This was done by stretching curtains between partitions. They had also a loft, in which to keep odds and ends. They hung up the bacon and hams, and strings of onions, and made a mantle piece over the fireplace. They even began to decorate the walls with pictures and to set pewter dishes, china cats, and Dresden shepherds in rows on the shelves for ornaments. Now people wore shoes and the floor, instead of being muddy, or dusty, with pools and puddles of water in the time of rainy weather and with the pigs and chickens running in and out, was of clay, beaten down flat and hard, and neatly whitewashed at the edges. Outside, in front, were laid nice flat flagstones, that made a pleasant path to the front door. Flowers, inside and out, added to the beauty of the home and made perfume for those who loved them. The rich farmer had just left his old round hut and now lived in one of the new and better kind of houses. HOUSE OPPOSITE THE DOOR AND BUILT CHIMNEYS THEN THEY SET THE BEDS AT THE SIDE AND MADE SLEEPING ROOMS THIS WAS DONE BY STRETCHING CURTAINS BETWEEN PARTITIONS THEY HAD ALSO A LOFT IN WHICH TO KEEP ODDS AND ENDS THEY HUNG UP THE BACON AND HAMS AND STRINGS OF ONIONS AND MADE A MANTELPIECE OVER THE FIREPLACE THEY EVEN BEGAN TO DECORATE THE WALLS WITH PITCHERS AND TO SET PEWTER DISHES CHINA CATS AND DRESDEN SHEPHERDS IN ROWS ON THE SHELVES FOR ORNAMENTS NOW PEOPLE WORE SHOES AND THE FLOOR INSTEAD OF BEING MUDDY OR DUSTY WITH POOLS AND PUDDLES OF WATER IN THE TIME OF RAINY WEATHER AND WITH THE PIGS AND CHICKENS RUNNING IN AND OUT WAS OF CLAY BEATEN DOWN FLAT AND HARD AND NEATLY WHITEWASHED AT THE EDGES OUTSIDE IN FRONT WERE LAID NICE FLAT FIG STONES THAT MADE A PLEASANT PATH TO THE FRONT DOOR FLOWERS INSIDE AND OUT ADDED TO THE BEAUTY OF THE HOME AND MADE PERFUME FOR THOSE WHO LOVED THEM THE RICH FARMER HAD JUST LEFT HIS OLD ROUND HUT AND NOW LIVED IN ONE OF THE NEW AND BETTER KIND OF HOUSES
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