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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It stayed warm, but we still stood by the stove in the morning to warm our front and backsides up. When the ears were full and ripe she would pull one down and let me make a doll – using the cob for the body, the silk for the hair and the husk for the clothing. Our son was born in October, so I carried him all summer.

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