HARVEST
At noon Pa and Uncle came to the house in a great hurry, and swallowed their dinner as quickly as they could. Uncle said that Charley must help them that afternoon. But Charley did hardly any work at all.
Instead of helping Pa and Uncle, Charley was making all the trouble he could. He got in their way so they couldn't swing the grain cradles. He didn't bring the water-jug till Uncle shouted at him three or four times, and then he was sullen.
They were working too hard to pay any attention to him, so they told him to go away and not bother them. But they dropped their grain cradles and ran to him across the field when they heard him scream. When they got to Charley, there was nothing wrong, and he laughed at them. He said: "I fooled you that time!" But Uncle did not doit. So they took a drink of water and went back to work.
Three times Charley screamed, and they ran to him as fast as they could, and he laughed at them. He thought it was a good joke. And still, Uncle did not tan his hide. Then a fourth time he screamed, louder than ever. Pa and Uncle looked at him, and he was jumping up and down, screaming. They saw nothing wrong with him and they had been fooled so many times that they went on with their work. Charley kept on screaming, louder and shriller.
Pa did not say anything, but Uncle said, "Let him scream." So they went on working and let him scream. He kept on jumping up and down, screaming. He did not stop. At last Uncle said: "Maybe something really is wrong." They laid down their grain cradles and went across the field to him.
And all that time Charley had been jumping up and down on a bees nest! The bees lived in a nest in the ground and Charley stepped on it by mistake. And they hurt Charley so that he couldn't get away. He was jumping up and down and hundreds of bees were stinging him all over. They were stinging his face and his hands and his neck and his nose, they were crawling up his pants' legs and stinging and crawling down the back of his neck and stinging. The more he jumped and screamed the harder they stung.
His hands were puffed up, and his neck was puffed out, and his cheeks were big, hard puffs. His fingers stood out stiff and swollen. There were little, hard, white dents all over his puffed-out face and neck.
Ma and Aunt came running out of the house and asked him what was the matter. Charley blubbered and bawled. Ma said it was bees nest. Aunt steeped some herbs, to give him for his fever.
It served him right because he had been so monstrously naughty. And the bees had a right to sting him, when he jumped on their home.
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At noon Pa and Uncle came to the house in a great hurry, and swallowed their dinner as quickly as they could. Uncle said that Charley must help them that afternoon. But Charley did hardly any work at all.
Instead of helping Pa and Uncle, Charley was making all the trouble he could. He got in their way so they couldn't swing the grain cradles. He didn't bring the water-jug till Uncle shouted at him three or four times, and then he was sullen.
They were working too hard to pay any attention to him, so they told him to go away and not bother them. But they dropped their grain cradles and ran to him across the field when they heard him scream. When they got to Charley, there was nothing wrong, and he laughed at them. He said: "I fooled you that time!" But Uncle did not doit. So they took a drink of water and went back to work.
Three times Charley screamed, and they ran to him as fast as they could, and he laughed at them. He thought it was a good joke. And still, Uncle did not tan his hide. Then a fourth time he screamed, louder than ever. Pa and Uncle looked at him, and he was jumping up and down, screaming. They saw nothing wrong with him and they had been fooled so many times that they went on with their work. Charley kept on screaming, louder and shriller.
Pa did not say anything, but Uncle said, "Let him scream." So they went on working and let him scream. He kept on jumping up and down, screaming. He did not stop. At last Uncle said: "Maybe something really is wrong." They laid down their grain cradles and went across the field to him.
And all that time Charley had been jumping up and down on a bees nest! The bees lived in a nest in the ground and Charley stepped on it by mistake. And they hurt Charley so that he couldn't get away. He was jumping up and down and hundreds of bees were stinging him all over. They were stinging his face and his hands and his neck and his nose, they were crawling up his pants' legs and stinging and crawling down the back of his neck and stinging. The more he jumped and screamed the harder they stung.
His hands were puffed up, and his neck was puffed out, and his cheeks were big, hard puffs. His fingers stood out stiff and swollen. There were little, hard, white dents all over his puffed-out face and neck.
Ma and Aunt came running out of the house and asked him what was the matter. Charley blubbered and bawled. Ma said it was bees nest. Aunt steeped some herbs, to give him for his fever.
It served him right because he had been so monstrously naughty. And the bees had a right to sting him, when he jumped on their home.
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