Sarah Penn has endured living in poor conditions on her family's farm for 40 years while her husband Adoniram focused on expanding the farm rather than improving their home. When Adoniram plans to build a new barn instead of the promised house, Sarah decides to take action. She moves her family and all their belongings into the new barn, transforming it into their home. When Adoniram returns, he is stunned but ultimately agrees to Sarah's demands to make improvements to accommodate the family in their new residence.
The Regacy Chapter 5.3: The Beginning of the Endregacylady
Frank Austen hosts a family breakfast where he announces plans for a masked ball to celebrate his daughters Marian and Isabella's coming out season. Marian and Isabella reluctantly agree to work together on planning the event. Frank also informs his sons Robert and John that they will be leaving for school the next day. Marian argues again with Robert about not joining him at school, while secretly not wanting to be away from her family.
Gabriella, what are your thoughts on the offer to work for Lord Kennedy Grove?
Gabriella: I'm not sure. On one hand it could be a good opportunity, but I'd miss my family. What do you think Gavin?
Gavin: It's up to you sis. I'll support you either way. But working for the Groves could lead to new experiences and chances to learn skills. And we'd still see each other sometimes. The choice is yours.
Gabriella: Okay, I think I will accept Lord Grove's offer then. It will be hard to leave home but could be good for my future. Thank you Gavin for understanding.
Gavin:
Generation five returns to college to continue their divine mission to end the Apocalypse. While there, the cousins pursue various majors and some find love. Hannah decides to marry Meleager. They graduate with perfect GPAs and return to Angel's Haven to begin the next phase, though the demons' plans remain unknown.
This summary provides context and key details from the document in 3 sentences:
Robbie returns home unexpectedly after several years away to visit his mother and sister Rachel for the winter solstice. Rachel is trying to fill out an application to join the Inderland Security (I.S.) like her father did, but knows her overprotective brother Robbie will disapprove given that their father died while working for the I.S. The two siblings argue over Rachel's career aspirations, with Robbie wanting her to pursue a safer path while Rachel is determined to follow in her father's footsteps and join the I.S. despite the risks.
Samantha Ottomas is determined to have 26 children with different fathers to prove she can. She divorces her cheating husband Peter and begins her quest. She woohoos with Juan, having her first child Annabelle. She marries Jason, who agrees to help her have more children despite them not being his. They have Buttercup and Cinna. Samantha continues meeting other men at the wishing well to father her future children, recently meeting Neil. Jason supports her unconventional plan to have 26 kids with different dads.
This document provides background details on the early married life of Paul Morel's parents in three paragraphs. It describes how they moved from Hell Row cottages to the newly built Bottoms mining settlement. It then discusses Mrs. Morel's reluctance to move there and provides context about the layout and living conditions in the Bottoms. The summary concludes by describing Mrs. Morel taking her children to the wakes fair and her son's excitement about the activities there.
Mrs. Bantry wakes from a dream to find her housemaid Mary hysterically saying there is a body in the library. Though skeptical, Colonel Bantry goes to investigate and finds it is true - the body of an unknown young blonde woman has been discovered strangled in the library. Mrs. Bantry calls on her friend Miss Marple for help, believing Miss Marple's expertise in murder mysteries could help solve this real-life crime. Miss Marple goes to the Bantry home and sees the bizarre sight of the gaudily dressed dead woman lying incongruously in the Bantry's traditional, comfortable library.
Arc-en-Ciel: A Sims 3 Rainbowcy, Episode 20animeangel1983
This document provides an update on the Sims legacy of the author. It summarizes that the last generation was green, and the heir's great-granddaughter Tanzanite is the first Sims 3 Reaper spawn. The children Iris, Acai, and Tanzanite are now growing up, with Iris displaying insane tendencies like wanting to burn plants. Tanzanite needs to find a spouse to continue the legacy in the next town. The document also mentions catching up on gameplay and issues finding a good name for the upcoming indigo generation chapter.
The Regacy Chapter 5.3: The Beginning of the Endregacylady
Frank Austen hosts a family breakfast where he announces plans for a masked ball to celebrate his daughters Marian and Isabella's coming out season. Marian and Isabella reluctantly agree to work together on planning the event. Frank also informs his sons Robert and John that they will be leaving for school the next day. Marian argues again with Robert about not joining him at school, while secretly not wanting to be away from her family.
Gabriella, what are your thoughts on the offer to work for Lord Kennedy Grove?
Gabriella: I'm not sure. On one hand it could be a good opportunity, but I'd miss my family. What do you think Gavin?
Gavin: It's up to you sis. I'll support you either way. But working for the Groves could lead to new experiences and chances to learn skills. And we'd still see each other sometimes. The choice is yours.
Gabriella: Okay, I think I will accept Lord Grove's offer then. It will be hard to leave home but could be good for my future. Thank you Gavin for understanding.
Gavin:
Generation five returns to college to continue their divine mission to end the Apocalypse. While there, the cousins pursue various majors and some find love. Hannah decides to marry Meleager. They graduate with perfect GPAs and return to Angel's Haven to begin the next phase, though the demons' plans remain unknown.
This summary provides context and key details from the document in 3 sentences:
Robbie returns home unexpectedly after several years away to visit his mother and sister Rachel for the winter solstice. Rachel is trying to fill out an application to join the Inderland Security (I.S.) like her father did, but knows her overprotective brother Robbie will disapprove given that their father died while working for the I.S. The two siblings argue over Rachel's career aspirations, with Robbie wanting her to pursue a safer path while Rachel is determined to follow in her father's footsteps and join the I.S. despite the risks.
Samantha Ottomas is determined to have 26 children with different fathers to prove she can. She divorces her cheating husband Peter and begins her quest. She woohoos with Juan, having her first child Annabelle. She marries Jason, who agrees to help her have more children despite them not being his. They have Buttercup and Cinna. Samantha continues meeting other men at the wishing well to father her future children, recently meeting Neil. Jason supports her unconventional plan to have 26 kids with different dads.
This document provides background details on the early married life of Paul Morel's parents in three paragraphs. It describes how they moved from Hell Row cottages to the newly built Bottoms mining settlement. It then discusses Mrs. Morel's reluctance to move there and provides context about the layout and living conditions in the Bottoms. The summary concludes by describing Mrs. Morel taking her children to the wakes fair and her son's excitement about the activities there.
Mrs. Bantry wakes from a dream to find her housemaid Mary hysterically saying there is a body in the library. Though skeptical, Colonel Bantry goes to investigate and finds it is true - the body of an unknown young blonde woman has been discovered strangled in the library. Mrs. Bantry calls on her friend Miss Marple for help, believing Miss Marple's expertise in murder mysteries could help solve this real-life crime. Miss Marple goes to the Bantry home and sees the bizarre sight of the gaudily dressed dead woman lying incongruously in the Bantry's traditional, comfortable library.
Arc-en-Ciel: A Sims 3 Rainbowcy, Episode 20animeangel1983
This document provides an update on the Sims legacy of the author. It summarizes that the last generation was green, and the heir's great-granddaughter Tanzanite is the first Sims 3 Reaper spawn. The children Iris, Acai, and Tanzanite are now growing up, with Iris displaying insane tendencies like wanting to burn plants. Tanzanite needs to find a spouse to continue the legacy in the next town. The document also mentions catching up on gameplay and issues finding a good name for the upcoming indigo generation chapter.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Cinderella 1animeangel1983
Prince Nimetz Heliosphat, a prince from the Ghost Clan, comes to Prince Caspian's home seeking two wanted criminals, the rogue witches Jin and Hetal Anjali. After testing Prince Nimetz's skills in battle, Prince Caspian reveals that his daughter Ella may be in danger from Jin based on a gypsy's warning to his wife about the color teal. Prince Nimetz finds himself distracted by Ella but knows distraction could cost lives in his mission to capture the witches.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Snow White 1animeangel1983
Snow White and her true love Prince Caspian defeat the evil Countess Romelda, who cursed Snow White with a sleeping death. However, before dying, Romelda vows to curse Prince Caspian's legacy. Her minion Leon is tasked with carrying out her plan but he starves to death after forgetting to eat. Both Romelda and Leon are sent to the afterlife by Grim, ending their threats against Snow White and Prince Caspian.
The document provides an overview of the lives and events involving the Vermachtnis legacy family across multiple generations. It describes the personalities and relationships between family members, their hobbies, careers, and life events such as births, deaths, marriages, and the establishment of a family business. Key characters mentioned include Max, Maddie, their children Parker, Penelope, Paul, Prescott and Palmer, as well as other extended family members.
The Transforming Alphabetacy - Chapter 2darkangel985
This is the second chapter of my Transformers themed Alphabetacy in the Sims 2. I suggest reading the first chapter if you haven't already or visit the topic at boolprop.com. I have a heirpoll there, but also accept votes on here.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Snow White 3animeangel1983
Snow White and Prince Caspian have seven children - triplets Rapunzel, Fieval, and Charming, twins Ella and Eric, and babies Thumbelina and Snowflake. They have now moved to Moonlight Falls. The triplets are growing up, with Rapunzel gaining the trait of Animal Lover. Snow White's goal of having seven children is now complete.
Sasha has given birth to a baby boy named Vincent. The family celebrates Vincent's birthday, where he is taught to walk by his father Hayden. Lexie continues to inappropriately pursue Hayden, following and admiring him constantly despite being married to Sasha.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Rapunzel 3animeangel1983
The document describes Rapunzel White fulfilling her duty as the heiress to help her family by undergoing an ominous task for the Reaper. She gives birth to twins, fulfilling her goal of having a daughter to continue the matrilineal line. Her children grow up on her estate with their many siblings as she hopes they can uncover the mystery of their ancestor Prince Nimetz.
The Tenth Circle of Hell: A Sims 3 Rainbow Sins Challenge, Demon 3animeangel1983
Lucifer feels death approaching as his family prepares to move yet again. He struggles as a father and worries about his daughter Asuna taking over as heir. On his last day, Lucifer watches the sunset by the ocean and sees signs that his time has come. He says goodbye to his daughters and leaves Asuna alone to face being the new family heir.
Fyrtle Myrtle: Boolprop's 16th Challenge, Part 3animeangel1983
This document provides an overview of a Sims 3 gameplay session where the player had their Sim character, Myrtle, have 12 babies with various townies. Key details include:
1) Myrtle had 12 babies total with different fathers, including aliens and witches. The babies exhibited a variety of traits.
2) As the household grew too large, the player moved some of the older children out of the house to make room for the new babies.
3) Lag issues prompted a move to a new neighborhood, Appaloosa Plains, where the next 4 babies would be born.
4) The document discusses the traits and appearances of each new baby as they age into children and
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Snow White 2animeangel1983
Snow White and Prince Caspian have seven children together - triplets Rapunzel, Charming, and Fieval, followed by twins Cinderella and Eric. Cinderella is destined to become the heir but the Mirror predicts she will have future troubles related to Countess Romelda's schemes. Snow White is distraught over not being able to prevent her daughter's unhappiness and worries for Cinderella's innocence against future evil.
This document is a short story told from the perspective of a young girl who befriends her elderly neighbor, Miss Ann. The narrator enjoys making up stories and imagining tragic pasts for people like Miss Ann, who lives alone. She visits Miss Ann regularly, though Miss Ann is often rude. When Miss Ann has a stroke and is hospitalized, the narrator visits and discovers Miss Ann has a son who comes to see her. Miss Ann later passes away. The narrator reflects on how her imagined stories did not capture the true loneliness and sadness of Miss Ann's life. Storytelling provides comfort, but real life is often sadder than any story.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Cinderella 4animeangel1983
The document describes a dream the narrator has been having about resurrecting a boy named Fricorith Tricou using a dark spell. The narrator takes Fricorith in and cares for him. Fricorith turns himself into a fairy and says he needs to stay until the end as a "Guardian". The narrator has more children and is glad for Fricorith's help with the household. Fricorith questions why he was chosen as the family's Guardian.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Tiana 5animeangel1983
Aurora hears a voice in her dreams asking her to find him. The voice says "in dreams I hide; waiting for the one to return to my side." Aurora asks who the one is and why they need to return. The voice responds with a riddle about starlight shining on earth and a dance of harmony defeating coming darkness. Aurora has been dreaming of a corridor and this was the first time there was something at the end - a house.
The Bohemian family is gathering at the graveyard to try contacting their recently deceased family members as ghosts, in hopes the ghosts may provide information to help stop the Bohemian children from unexpectedly dying as well. Requiem is warned by her mother Aria not to go to the graveyard meeting.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Snow White 4animeangel1983
The document discusses a family moving from their old home to a new, larger Victorian home in Moonlight Falls due to the children growing up and needing more space. The new home has some bug problems that the mother is willing to help clear out. It also mentions magical will-o-wisps appearing near the home and aliens continuing to visit the family. Emma feels lost not knowing her path and wants to move out on her own to find herself.
The Tenth Circle of Hell: A Sims 3 Rainbow Sins Challenge, Demon 2animeangel1983
This document describes the interactions between various vampire family members in a Sims game. Lucifer, a vampire, has several daughters with his wife Anitra, including Rayna and Luna who are also vampires. His goal was to have a human heir, which he achieves with the birth of Asuna. Other family members like Great Aunt Morgan and Uncle Romeo pass away. Lucifer brings his father's cat Tiger to the afterlife. He kills his stepmother who insults his deceased mother. The last remaining family member, Aunt Venus, comes to live with Lucifer to maintain their family connection before the whole family moves to a new world.
This summary provides the key details from the document in 3 sentences:
Oman invites Cee over to his home to express how he feels, but struggles to find the right words. He then has the idea to show her how he feels instead of telling her, and asks her to meet him by the pond. At the pond, Oman gets down on one knee and proposes to Cee, pulling out a ring he has been carrying for a long time, asking her to wear it.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Cinderella 5animeangel1983
Cori saves Prince Nimetz from confronting the Anjali witches and getting cursed by removing the witches' powers with an elixir. Although upset initially that Cori spared their lives, Nimetz realizes killing them would not honor Snow White's memory. Odette then holds an early birthday party for her family to cheer them up after the ordeal.
- Orion and Jordan had three children - Eric, Kayla and Kyle. Eric grew up to be a "lady killer" while Kayla and Kyle had their twinning birthdays.
- Bacchus had twins, Elendril and Sasha, with his wife Natasha. He also had a daughter, Artemis, with an alien.
- At the Greek house, Persy found love with Aiden Chan while her twin Poseidon romanced Becca, hoping to fulfill his aspiration of wooing 20 Sims.
- Rhea, the heir to the legacy, connected with Chippy, who will bring the legacy into its third generation. Eric, Kyle and Kayla
Arc-en-Ciel: A Sims 3 Rainbowcy, Episode 18animeangel1983
The summary moves from Hidden Springs to introducing new heirs and spouses in the next generation who will move to Twinbrook. Sapphire ages up and moves out while Bluebelle becomes the new heir. She finds a spouse, Ramon, who turns out to be a genie. Traits are described for Bluebelle and Ramon before the summary concludes by looking ahead to what will happen next in Twinbrook.
The Revolt of Mother”Father!”What is it”What are them.docxssusera34210
The Revolt of “Mother”
“Father!”
“What is it?”
“What are them men diggin’ over there in the field for?”
There was a sudden dropping and enlarging of the lower part of the old man’s face, as if some heavy weight had settled therein; he shut his mouth tight, and went on harnessing the great bay mare. He hustled the collar on to her neck with a jerk.
“Father!”
The old man slapped the saddle upon the mare’s back.
“Look here, father, I want to know what them men are diggin’ over in the field for, an’ I’m goin’ to know.”
“I wish you’d go into the house, mother, an’ ’tend to your own affairs,” the old man said then. He ran his words together, and his speech was almost as inarticulate as a growl.
But the woman understood; it was her most native tongue. “I ain’t goin’ into the house till you tell me what them men are doin’ over there in the field,” said she.
Then she stood waiting. She was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown. Her forehead was mild and benevolent between the smooth curves of gray hair; there were meek downward lines about her nose and mouth; but her eyes, fixed upon the old man, looked as if the meekness had been the result of her own will, never of the will of another.
They were in the barn, standing before the wide open doors. The spring air, full of the smell of growing grass and unseen blossoms, came in their faces. The deep yard in front was littered with farm wagons and piles of wood; on the edges, close to the fence and the house, the grass was a vivid green, and there were some dandelions.
The old man glanced doggedly at his wife as he tightened the last buckles on the harness. She looked as immovable to him as one of the rocks in his pasture-land, bound to the earth with generations of blackberry vines. He slapped the reins over the horse, and started forth from the barn.
“Father!” said she.
The old man pulled up. “What is it?”
“I want to know what them men are diggin’ over there in that field for.”
“They’re diggin’ a cellar, I s’pose, if you’ve got to know.”
“A cellar for what?”
“A barn.”
“A barn? You ain’t goin’ to build a barn over there where we was goin’ to have a house, father?”
The old man said not another word. He hurried the horse into the farm wagon, and clattered out of the yard, jouncing as sturdily on his seat as a boy.
The woman stood a moment looking after him, then she went out of the barn across a corner of the yard to the house. The house, standing at right angles with the great barn and a long reach of sheds and out-buildings, was
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infinitesimal compared with them. It was scarcely as commodious for people as the little boxes under the barn eaves were for doves.
A pretty girl’s face, pink and delicate as a flower, was looking out of one of the house windows. She was watching three men who were digging over in the field which bounded the yard near the road line. She turned quietly when the woman entered.
“What are they digging for, mother?” said she. “Did he te ...
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Cinderella 1animeangel1983
Prince Nimetz Heliosphat, a prince from the Ghost Clan, comes to Prince Caspian's home seeking two wanted criminals, the rogue witches Jin and Hetal Anjali. After testing Prince Nimetz's skills in battle, Prince Caspian reveals that his daughter Ella may be in danger from Jin based on a gypsy's warning to his wife about the color teal. Prince Nimetz finds himself distracted by Ella but knows distraction could cost lives in his mission to capture the witches.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Snow White 1animeangel1983
Snow White and her true love Prince Caspian defeat the evil Countess Romelda, who cursed Snow White with a sleeping death. However, before dying, Romelda vows to curse Prince Caspian's legacy. Her minion Leon is tasked with carrying out her plan but he starves to death after forgetting to eat. Both Romelda and Leon are sent to the afterlife by Grim, ending their threats against Snow White and Prince Caspian.
The document provides an overview of the lives and events involving the Vermachtnis legacy family across multiple generations. It describes the personalities and relationships between family members, their hobbies, careers, and life events such as births, deaths, marriages, and the establishment of a family business. Key characters mentioned include Max, Maddie, their children Parker, Penelope, Paul, Prescott and Palmer, as well as other extended family members.
The Transforming Alphabetacy - Chapter 2darkangel985
This is the second chapter of my Transformers themed Alphabetacy in the Sims 2. I suggest reading the first chapter if you haven't already or visit the topic at boolprop.com. I have a heirpoll there, but also accept votes on here.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Snow White 3animeangel1983
Snow White and Prince Caspian have seven children - triplets Rapunzel, Fieval, and Charming, twins Ella and Eric, and babies Thumbelina and Snowflake. They have now moved to Moonlight Falls. The triplets are growing up, with Rapunzel gaining the trait of Animal Lover. Snow White's goal of having seven children is now complete.
Sasha has given birth to a baby boy named Vincent. The family celebrates Vincent's birthday, where he is taught to walk by his father Hayden. Lexie continues to inappropriately pursue Hayden, following and admiring him constantly despite being married to Sasha.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Rapunzel 3animeangel1983
The document describes Rapunzel White fulfilling her duty as the heiress to help her family by undergoing an ominous task for the Reaper. She gives birth to twins, fulfilling her goal of having a daughter to continue the matrilineal line. Her children grow up on her estate with their many siblings as she hopes they can uncover the mystery of their ancestor Prince Nimetz.
The Tenth Circle of Hell: A Sims 3 Rainbow Sins Challenge, Demon 3animeangel1983
Lucifer feels death approaching as his family prepares to move yet again. He struggles as a father and worries about his daughter Asuna taking over as heir. On his last day, Lucifer watches the sunset by the ocean and sees signs that his time has come. He says goodbye to his daughters and leaves Asuna alone to face being the new family heir.
Fyrtle Myrtle: Boolprop's 16th Challenge, Part 3animeangel1983
This document provides an overview of a Sims 3 gameplay session where the player had their Sim character, Myrtle, have 12 babies with various townies. Key details include:
1) Myrtle had 12 babies total with different fathers, including aliens and witches. The babies exhibited a variety of traits.
2) As the household grew too large, the player moved some of the older children out of the house to make room for the new babies.
3) Lag issues prompted a move to a new neighborhood, Appaloosa Plains, where the next 4 babies would be born.
4) The document discusses the traits and appearances of each new baby as they age into children and
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Snow White 2animeangel1983
Snow White and Prince Caspian have seven children together - triplets Rapunzel, Charming, and Fieval, followed by twins Cinderella and Eric. Cinderella is destined to become the heir but the Mirror predicts she will have future troubles related to Countess Romelda's schemes. Snow White is distraught over not being able to prevent her daughter's unhappiness and worries for Cinderella's innocence against future evil.
This document is a short story told from the perspective of a young girl who befriends her elderly neighbor, Miss Ann. The narrator enjoys making up stories and imagining tragic pasts for people like Miss Ann, who lives alone. She visits Miss Ann regularly, though Miss Ann is often rude. When Miss Ann has a stroke and is hospitalized, the narrator visits and discovers Miss Ann has a son who comes to see her. Miss Ann later passes away. The narrator reflects on how her imagined stories did not capture the true loneliness and sadness of Miss Ann's life. Storytelling provides comfort, but real life is often sadder than any story.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Cinderella 4animeangel1983
The document describes a dream the narrator has been having about resurrecting a boy named Fricorith Tricou using a dark spell. The narrator takes Fricorith in and cares for him. Fricorith turns himself into a fairy and says he needs to stay until the end as a "Guardian". The narrator has more children and is glad for Fricorith's help with the household. Fricorith questions why he was chosen as the family's Guardian.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Tiana 5animeangel1983
Aurora hears a voice in her dreams asking her to find him. The voice says "in dreams I hide; waiting for the one to return to my side." Aurora asks who the one is and why they need to return. The voice responds with a riddle about starlight shining on earth and a dance of harmony defeating coming darkness. Aurora has been dreaming of a corridor and this was the first time there was something at the end - a house.
The Bohemian family is gathering at the graveyard to try contacting their recently deceased family members as ghosts, in hopes the ghosts may provide information to help stop the Bohemian children from unexpectedly dying as well. Requiem is warned by her mother Aria not to go to the graveyard meeting.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Snow White 4animeangel1983
The document discusses a family moving from their old home to a new, larger Victorian home in Moonlight Falls due to the children growing up and needing more space. The new home has some bug problems that the mother is willing to help clear out. It also mentions magical will-o-wisps appearing near the home and aliens continuing to visit the family. Emma feels lost not knowing her path and wants to move out on her own to find herself.
The Tenth Circle of Hell: A Sims 3 Rainbow Sins Challenge, Demon 2animeangel1983
This document describes the interactions between various vampire family members in a Sims game. Lucifer, a vampire, has several daughters with his wife Anitra, including Rayna and Luna who are also vampires. His goal was to have a human heir, which he achieves with the birth of Asuna. Other family members like Great Aunt Morgan and Uncle Romeo pass away. Lucifer brings his father's cat Tiger to the afterlife. He kills his stepmother who insults his deceased mother. The last remaining family member, Aunt Venus, comes to live with Lucifer to maintain their family connection before the whole family moves to a new world.
This summary provides the key details from the document in 3 sentences:
Oman invites Cee over to his home to express how he feels, but struggles to find the right words. He then has the idea to show her how he feels instead of telling her, and asks her to meet him by the pond. At the pond, Oman gets down on one knee and proposes to Cee, pulling out a ring he has been carrying for a long time, asking her to wear it.
Fairytale Finders: A Disney Princess Challenge, Cinderella 5animeangel1983
Cori saves Prince Nimetz from confronting the Anjali witches and getting cursed by removing the witches' powers with an elixir. Although upset initially that Cori spared their lives, Nimetz realizes killing them would not honor Snow White's memory. Odette then holds an early birthday party for her family to cheer them up after the ordeal.
- Orion and Jordan had three children - Eric, Kayla and Kyle. Eric grew up to be a "lady killer" while Kayla and Kyle had their twinning birthdays.
- Bacchus had twins, Elendril and Sasha, with his wife Natasha. He also had a daughter, Artemis, with an alien.
- At the Greek house, Persy found love with Aiden Chan while her twin Poseidon romanced Becca, hoping to fulfill his aspiration of wooing 20 Sims.
- Rhea, the heir to the legacy, connected with Chippy, who will bring the legacy into its third generation. Eric, Kyle and Kayla
Arc-en-Ciel: A Sims 3 Rainbowcy, Episode 18animeangel1983
The summary moves from Hidden Springs to introducing new heirs and spouses in the next generation who will move to Twinbrook. Sapphire ages up and moves out while Bluebelle becomes the new heir. She finds a spouse, Ramon, who turns out to be a genie. Traits are described for Bluebelle and Ramon before the summary concludes by looking ahead to what will happen next in Twinbrook.
The Revolt of Mother”Father!”What is it”What are them.docxssusera34210
The Revolt of “Mother”
“Father!”
“What is it?”
“What are them men diggin’ over there in the field for?”
There was a sudden dropping and enlarging of the lower part of the old man’s face, as if some heavy weight had settled therein; he shut his mouth tight, and went on harnessing the great bay mare. He hustled the collar on to her neck with a jerk.
“Father!”
The old man slapped the saddle upon the mare’s back.
“Look here, father, I want to know what them men are diggin’ over in the field for, an’ I’m goin’ to know.”
“I wish you’d go into the house, mother, an’ ’tend to your own affairs,” the old man said then. He ran his words together, and his speech was almost as inarticulate as a growl.
But the woman understood; it was her most native tongue. “I ain’t goin’ into the house till you tell me what them men are doin’ over there in the field,” said she.
Then she stood waiting. She was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown. Her forehead was mild and benevolent between the smooth curves of gray hair; there were meek downward lines about her nose and mouth; but her eyes, fixed upon the old man, looked as if the meekness had been the result of her own will, never of the will of another.
They were in the barn, standing before the wide open doors. The spring air, full of the smell of growing grass and unseen blossoms, came in their faces. The deep yard in front was littered with farm wagons and piles of wood; on the edges, close to the fence and the house, the grass was a vivid green, and there were some dandelions.
The old man glanced doggedly at his wife as he tightened the last buckles on the harness. She looked as immovable to him as one of the rocks in his pasture-land, bound to the earth with generations of blackberry vines. He slapped the reins over the horse, and started forth from the barn.
“Father!” said she.
The old man pulled up. “What is it?”
“I want to know what them men are diggin’ over there in that field for.”
“They’re diggin’ a cellar, I s’pose, if you’ve got to know.”
“A cellar for what?”
“A barn.”
“A barn? You ain’t goin’ to build a barn over there where we was goin’ to have a house, father?”
The old man said not another word. He hurried the horse into the farm wagon, and clattered out of the yard, jouncing as sturdily on his seat as a boy.
The woman stood a moment looking after him, then she went out of the barn across a corner of the yard to the house. The house, standing at right angles with the great barn and a long reach of sheds and out-buildings, was
p. 663
infinitesimal compared with them. It was scarcely as commodious for people as the little boxes under the barn eaves were for doves.
A pretty girl’s face, pink and delicate as a flower, was looking out of one of the house windows. She was watching three men who were digging over in the field which bounded the yard near the road line. She turned quietly when the woman entered.
“What are they digging for, mother?” said she. “Did he te ...
This chapter provides context for the Bradford family legacy story and introduces some plot developments. It warns readers about upcoming themes around the American Civil War. The family is still grieving the loss of Chris Bradford. Patrick celebrates a birthday. Elias struggles with the loss of his mother. Concerns are raised about the growing political tensions between the northern and southern states around the issue of slavery.
This document provides a detailed chapter-by-chapter summary of the novel "Madam This is Annie" by Dianne Case. The summary highlights that the novel tells Annie's story through letters to her white employer and explores the inequalities of apartheid-era South Africa. Key events and themes discussed include Annie's family struggles, her work for her employer, political issues of the time, and her complex relationships with her husband and children.
This document provides background information on John Boyne's novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. It includes reviews praising the book for allowing readers to gain a new perspective on the Holocaust and for its thought-provoking and emotionally powerful story. The document also lists John Boyne's previous works and provides biographical information about the author.
This document contains summaries of 14 fairy tales and folk tales from different cultures. The tales included are The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Wise Little Girl, The Fir Tree, The Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Aesop Fables, Hansel and Gretel, The Golden Goose, The Selfish Giant, The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Thumbelina, and Rapunzel.
NINE STORIES
by J. D. Salinger
We know the sound of two hands clapping. But what is the
sound of one hand clapping?
--A ZEN KOAN
Contents
A Perfect Day for Bananafish 3
Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut 10
Just Before the War with the Eskimos 18
The Laughing Man 25
Down at the Dinghy 32
For Esme:--with Love and Squalor 38
Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes 49
De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period 55
Teddy 69
NINE STORIES – J. D. Salinger
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish
THERE WERE ninety-seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they
were monopolizing the long-distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon till
almost two-thirty to get her call through. She used the time, though. She read an article
in a women's pocket-size magazine, called "Sex Is Fun-or Hell." She washed her comb
and brush. She took the spot out of the skirt of her beige suit. She moved the button on
her Saks blouse. She tweezed out two freshly surfaced hairs in her mole. When the
operator finally rang her room, she was sitting on the window seat and had almost
finished putting lacquer on the nails of her left hand.
She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing. She looked as if her
phone had been ringing continually ever since she had reached puberty.
With her little lacquer brush, while the phone was ringing, she went over the nail of
her little finger, accentuating the line of the moon. She then replaced the cap on the
bottle of lacquer and, standing up, passed her left--the wet--hand back and forth
through the air. With her dry hand, she picked up a congested ashtray from the window
seat and carried it with her over to the night table, on which the phone stood. She sat
down on one of the made-up twin beds and--it was the fifth or sixth ring--picked up the
phone.
"Hello," she said, keeping the fingers of her left hand outstretched and away from her
white silk dressing gown, which was all that she was wearing, except mules--her rings
were in the bathroom.
"I have your call to New York now, Mrs. Glass," the operator said.
"Thank you," said the girl, and made room on the night table for the ashtray.
A woman's voice came through. "Muriel? Is that you?"
The girl turned the receiver slightly away from her ear. "Yes, Mother. How are you?"
she said.
"I've been worried to death about you. Why haven't you phoned? Are you all right?"
"I tried to get you last night and the night before. The phone here's been--"
"Are you all right, Muriel?"
The girl increased the angle between the receiver and her ear. "I'm fine. I'm hot. This
is the hottest day they've had in Florida in--"
"Why haven't you called me? I've been worried to--"
"Mother, darling, don't yell at me. I can hear you beautifully," said the girl. "I called
you twice.
The family grows larger as Anette has twin boys, bringing their total to six children. Money is tight until Phil finds a magic lamp with a genie inside. The genie cannot grant Phil a promotion at work but instead gives the family great wealth. This allows Anette to buy a huge new home to accommodate their growing family. The chapter ends with the family settling into their new larger home.
This document provides an excerpt from a fictional legacy story set during the American Civil War era. It describes celebrations for twins' birthdays taking place amidst the war. It also includes scenes of three cousins in the Union army preparing for an upcoming battle, and Patrick Bradford scouting for the Confederate army. The story hints at the possibility that the cousins and Patrick may meet in battle the next day.
The document provides 4 short stories called "mini sagas" that must be told in exactly 50 words each. It also includes a glossary to define some words used in the stories and a mini task to match the stories to titles. The stories include: [1] a woman recognizing handwriting on an envelope from a man she met 5 years ago and feeling happy to join him on the Titanic; [2] a father worried about his teenage daughter breaking her curfew; [3] a housekeeper explaining the daily schedule and habits of "the master" to a new maid who realizes she already met him; and [4] a woman cleaning her bookshelf after buying a book on organizing her life only to
1) The narrator visits his brother Senaka, the father of Ranjit, two days before Senaka's death. Senaka has withdrawn from the world and is living alone in a run-down house, drinking heavily.
2) When they were younger, Senaka was passionate about England while the narrator was more politically active in Sri Lanka. Senaka married but became disillusioned with his life after his son Ranjit was born.
3) In their conversation on the veranda, Senaka seems paranoid and suspicious. The narrator senses Senaka has had a breakdown but Senaka insists he is fine. Their relationship had grown distant over the years.
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"The Story of an Hour" is a short story in which Kate Chopin, the author, presents an often unheard of view of marriage. Mrs. Louise Mallard, Chopin's main character, experiences the exhilaration of freedom rather than the desolation of loneliness after she learns of her husband's death. Later, when Mrs. Mallard learns that her husband, Brently, still lives, she know that all hope of freedom is gone. The crushing disappointment kills Mrs. Mallard. Published in the late eighteen hundreds, the oppressive nature of marriage in "The Story of an Hour" may well be a reflection of, though not exclusive to, that era.
Though Chopin relates Mrs. Mallard's story, she does not do so in first person. Chopin reveals the story through a narrator's voice. The narrator is not simply an observer, however. The narrator knows, for example, that Mrs. Mallard, for the most part, did not love her husband (paragraph 15). It is obvious that the narrator knows more than can be physically observed. Chopin, however, never tells the reader what Mrs. Mallard is feeling. Instead, the reader must look into Mrs. Mallard's actions and words in order to understand what Mrs. Mallard feels.
Mrs. Mallard is held back in her marriage. The lines of her face "bespoke repression" (paragraph 8). When Mrs. Mallard learns of her husband's death, she knows that there will "be no powerful will bending her" (paragraph 14). There will be no husband who believes he has the "right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature" (paragraph 14). Mrs. Mallard acknowledges that her husband loved her. Brently had only ever looked at Mrs. Mallard with love (paragraph 13). This information implies to the reader that Brently is not a bad man; he simply believes that it is his right, and perhaps his obligation as a husband, to direct Mrs. Mallard in everything she does. When Mrs. Mallard learns of her husband's death, she realizes that he will no longer be there to repress her; there will be no one, save her, to direct her will. Then, in a crushing blow, everything she has just realized and begun to look forward to is stolen from her grasp.
Upon learning of her husband's death, Mrs. Mallard realizes that she is now free. She repeats the words "Free, free, free!" (paragraph 11) and feels her body come alive. Her pulse beats faster; her blood runs warmer; her eyes brighten (paragraph 11). Mrs. Mallard knows that from now on she can live for herself and no one else, that "all sort of days…would be her own" (paragraph 19). Mrs. Mallard sees the chance to live out the rest of her days for herself; she sees the opportunity to be her own person. Mrs. Mallard now looks forward to a long life. She had previously dreaded the years ahead spent under the thumb of her husband (paragraph 19). Now, though, Mrs. Mallard is someone who has much to look forward to and many joys to appreciate. This opportunity ...
This summary provides the key details from the document in 3 sentences:
Mr. Harrison, the new neighbor, is angry that Anne's cow Dolly broke into his oats field for the third time. He confronts Anne about it while she is sitting outside reading. The document then provides context about Mr. Harrison and his reputation in Avonlea as an odd person who keeps to himself and is disliked by many of the townspeople.
The document provides background on Bruno, a boy who feels different and struggles to fit in. As a child, Bruno liked to be the center of attention and misbehaved to get noticed. In the present, Bruno argues with his mother about being allowed to go to the market. His mother surprises him by hugging him and saying she understands he finds it hard to fit in. She sends him to the market to get apples for dinner with important guests. The document also briefly discusses the aging king's inability to rule and the need to choose a new king for London from among respected people in the region.
Donna calls her parents after 4 years of exploring the universe with her alien friend Tanma and their sentient spaceship Miem. She updates them on her adventures, including meeting royalty, getting caught up in an uprising, and helping free slaves. Her father Sebastian is happy to hear from her but worried for her safety. He talks privately with Tanma, who cares deeply for Donna, to understand his intentions and ensure Donna's happiness. Sebastian and his wife Marla are glad Donna seems well but miss her and wonder if they will see her again. Marla then realizes she may be pregnant with another child.
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Aadam meets his biological father, Salahuddin Chamcha, for the first time. Salahuddin explains that he has long suspected Aadam was his son based on his appearance. He and Aadam connect and grow close over dinner with Aadam's friends and half-brother Adson. Adson questions how much Salahuddin reveals about his true feelings regarding his relationship with their mother and his future plans.
- Jefferson and Matthew's relationship is strained after Matthew purchases land across the street to turn into a family cemetery, disturbing previous family graves, against Jefferson's wishes.
- Jefferson is worried about finances to support his growing family as his father Matthew continues extravagant spending. Marsha supports Jefferson and believes they will find a way to manage.
- In other family news, Cordelia's mother Ericka gives birth to a baby boy named William Eldon, after Cordelia's late father Eldon. William brings Anne joy as a reminder of her late son.
- Asher turns one and continues to be doted on by his grandmother Meadow. Jane is heavily pregnant again and eager to prove Victor
Cinderella is a young girl who lives with her wicked stepmother and two ugly stepsisters. She is made to work as a servant in her own home. One day, the prince announces a ball in search of a bride. Cinderella dreams of going but is prevented by her family. With the help of her mice and fairy godmother, Cinderella's rags are magically transformed into a beautiful dress so she can attend the ball. At midnight, Cinderella flees the ball and loses her glass slipper. The prince searches the kingdom for the girl whose foot fits the slipper and finds Cinderella. They get married and live happily ever after.
The twins Lysander and Rosalind have recently moved to the rainy town of Flinton after running out of money. They view their new flat, which is in poor condition, as a temporary solution until Lysander can find work and earn enough for them to leave. However, Rosa is unhappy living there and misses the company of animals. Lysander interviews at a local pub for a part-time bar job in hopes of saving up enough to move on within a few months.
How Much Land Does a Man Need By Leo Tolstoy A.docxwellesleyterresa
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
By Leo Tolstoy
An elder sister came to visit her younger sister in the country. The elder was married to a
tradesman in town, the younger to a peasant in the village. As the sisters sat over their tea
talking, the elder began to boast of the advantages of town life: saying how comfortably they
lived there, how well they dressed, what fine clothes her children wore, what good things they
ate and drank, and how she went to the theater, promenades, and entertainments.
The younger sister was piqued, and in turn disparaged the life of a tradesman, and stood up for
that of a peasant.
“I would not change my way of life for yours,” said she. “We may live roughly, but at least we
are free from anxiety. You live in better style than we do, but though you often earn more than
you need, you’re very likely to lose all you have. We know the proverb, ‘Loss and gain are
brothers twain.’ It often happens that people who are wealthy one day are begging their bread the
next. Our way is safer. Though a peasant’s life is not a fat one, it is long. We shall never grow
rich, but we shall always have enough to eat.”
The elder sister said sneeringly:
“Enough? Yes, if you like to share with the pigs and the calves! What do you know of elegance
or manners! However much your good man may slave, you will die as you are living—on a dung
heap—and your children the same.”
“Well, what of that?” replied the younger. “Of course our work is rough and coarse. But, on
the other hand, it is sure; and we need not bow to anyone. But you, in your towns, are surrounded
by temptations; today all may be right, but tomorrow the Evil One may tempt your husband with
cards, wine, or women, and all will go to ruin. Don’t such things happen often enough?”
Pahóm, the master of the house, was lying on the top of the oven, and he listened to the
women’s chatter.
“It is perfectly true,” thought he. “Busy as we are from childhood tilling mother earth, we
peasants have no time to let any nonsense settle in our heads. Our only trouble is that we haven’t
land enough. If I had plenty of land, I shouldn’t fear the Devil himself!”
The women finished their tea, chatted a while about dress, and then cleared away the tea
things and lay down to sleep. But the Devil had been sitting behind the oven, and had heard all
that had been said. He was pleased that the peasant’s wife had led her husband into boasting, and
that he had said that if he had plenty of land he would not fear the Devil himself.
“All right,” thought the Devil. “We will have a tussle. I’ll give you land enough; and by means
of that land I will get you into my power.”
II
Close to the village there lived a lady, a small landowner who had an estate of about three
hundred acres or 120 desyatins. The desyatina is properly 2.7 acres; but in this story round
numbers are used. She had lived on good terms with the peasants until she engaged as her always
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Manusia memiliki akal dan budi yang memungkinkan mereka menciptakan berbagai budaya. Budaya terbentuk dari interaksi manusia dengan lingkungan alam dan sesama manusia. Budaya berubah seiring perubahan masyarakat dan kontak antar budaya, seperti penyebaran unsur-unsur budaya baru. Manusia dan budaya saling mempengaruhi, di mana budaya merupakan hasil karya manusia namun manusia juga dipengaruhi oleh budaya yang
Dokumen tersebut membahas tentang manusia sebagai individu dan makhluk sosial, dengan karakteristik yang berbeda antar individu namun tetap terikat dalam kelompok sosial. Keluarga merupakan kelompok sosial terkecil yang menyatukan individu melalui ikatan perkawinan dan tanggung jawab bersama untuk mendidik anak.
Makalah isbd perkembangan teknologi alat tulis tanganPungki Ariefin
Makalah ini membahas tentang perkembangan teknologi alat tulis tangan dan bagaimana hal tersebut mempengaruhi manusia sebagai makhluk budaya. Alat tulis tangan telah berkembang dari yang sederhana seperti pena bulu hingga yang lebih canggih seperti pulpen. Makalah ini juga menjelaskan berbagai jenis alat tulis serta perkembangannya dari masa ke masa mulai dari Mesir Kuno, Yunani K
Dokumen tersebut membahas tentang konsep adab dan peradaban, hakikat manusia sebagai makhluk beradab, konsep masyarakat adab, evolusi peradaban dan tahapannya, serta karakteristik masyarakat madani.
Dokumen tersebut membahas tentang perubahan kebudayaan Indonesia dari lokal menjadi global akibat pengaruh globalisasi. Globalisasi berpengaruh besar terhadap berbagai aspek kehidupan masyarakat Indonesia melalui media elektronik. Warga Indonesia berusaha melestarikan budaya lokal sebagai bagian dari identitas bangsa, meski globalisasi tidak dapat dihindari.
Makalah ini membahas tentang perubahan kebudayaan Indonesia dari lokal menjadi global akibat pengaruh globalisasi. Globalisasi membawa pengaruh besar terhadap budaya Indonesia, seperti gaya hidup dan konsumsi yang mengikuti standar internasional. Hal ini mengancam kelestarian budaya lokal. Namun, penanaman nilai-nilai budaya lokal sejak dini dapat membentuk identitas bangsa yang kuat untuk menghadapi pengaruh budaya global.
Alat tulis tangan telah berkembang sejak zaman prasejarah hingga sekarang. Berbagai jenis alat tulis ditemukan mulai dari pena bulu, pena buluh, kuas tulis, hingga pensil dan pulpen modern. Teknologi memungkinkan terjadinya inovasi pada alat tulis seperti pensil mekanik dan pulpen canggih dari Faber-Castell dengan tinta yang tahan air. Alat tulis tetap diperlukan meski ad
Teori J.J Bachoven menyatakan bahwa keluarga manusia berevolusi melalui 4 tahap: (1) promiskuitas tanpa ikatan, (2) keluarga inti ibu-anak, (3) kepala keluarga beralih ke ayah, (4) perkawinan di dalam kelompok. Teori ini mempengaruhi ilmu sosial Eropa abad 19. Teori serupa diterapkan untuk memahami perkembangan budaya Indonesia oleh antropolog Belanda G.A. Wilken.
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2. Manusia memiliki akal budi yang digunakan untuk berfikir dan menciptakan, sehingga manusia dapat dikatakan sebagai makhluk yang berbudaya.
3. Budaya dapat berubah seiring perubahan interaksi sosial manusia, yang dapat terjadi melalui proses pewar
1) Students will complete a project related to the English language that can take the form of a paper, video, website, or artwork. Projects must be approved by the instructor and involve submitting a proposal, in-class presentation, and final submission.
2) Students will take turns presenting on course topics and be responsible for researching and engagingly presenting the assigned materials to the class. Presentations should be 20-30 minutes long.
3) Class participation, attendance, effort, and involvement will account for 30% of the grade. Students risk failing if they miss more than 30% of class time.
1. Prosa adalah bentuk karya sastra yang disusun secara bebas tanpa terikat rima dan irama.
2. Prosa dibedakan menjadi prosa lama dan baru, serta prosa nonfiksi dan fiksi.
3. Jenis-jenis prosa meliputi novel, cerpen, biografi, esai, dan lain-lain.
Prose is a form of written or spoken communication that does not have a rhythmic structure like poetry. It uses ordinary grammatical structures and vocabulary found in natural speech. Prose consists of full sentences organized into paragraphs. It focuses on clear meaning rather than aesthetic elements. An example is provided contrasting a poem by Robert Frost with a prose rephrasing of the same message without a formal metrical structure. Finally, some common types of prose are outlined, including nonfiction, fiction, heroic tales, and prose poetry.
Unsur intrinsik dalam prosa terdiri dari 7 unsur: 1) tema, 2) amanat, 3) tokoh, 4) alur, 5) latar, 6) sudut pandang, dan 7) gaya bahasa. Tokoh dibedakan menjadi tokoh sentral dan tokoh bawahan, sedangkan alur terdiri dari bagian awal, tengah, dan akhir. Latar mencakup waktu, tempat, dan suasana peristiwa.
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
An import error occurs when a program fails to import a module or library, disrupting its execution. In languages like Python, this issue arises when the specified module cannot be found or accessed, hindering the program's functionality. Resolving import errors is crucial for maintaining smooth software operation and uninterrupted development processes.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
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This is part 1 of my Java Learning Journey. This Contains Custom methods, classes, constructors, packages, multithreading , try- catch block, finally block and more.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
1. The Revolt of 'Mother'
By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930)
A Study Guide
2. Type of Work and Year of Publication
.......“The Revolt of 'Mother,' ” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, is a short story focusing on a
woman who takes a stand against an authoritarian husband. Because Freeman's stories are
primarily about New Englanders and the way they live, they are considered part of the local-
color movement in American literature. A typical local-color writer focused on a particular
region, its customs and traditions, its dialect, and so on. Harper's Bazaar published “The Revolt
of 'Mother'” in its issue of September 1890. A year later, the New York firm of Harper and
Brothers published the story in A New England Nun and Other Stories, a collection of Freeman's
works.
SETTING
.......The action takes place on a farm in rural New England in the spring and summer of a year in
the late nineteenth century.
CHARACTERS
Sarah Penn: Patient, hard-working farm wife and mother. She respects her husband and
apparently loves him. However, because he spends his profits as a farmer on new buildings and
new animals to the neglect of the small and poorly furnished home in which the Penn family
lives, Sarah decides one day to rebel against his rule in order to provide the family a new home.
Adoniram Penn: Sarah's husband. He ignores the needs of his family in favor of the needs of his
farm. When his wife attempts to persuade him to think more about improving their living
conditions and less about improving the farm, he obstinately refuses even to discuss the subject.
Nanny: Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Penn.
Samuel: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Penn.
Mr. Hersey: Minister.
Hiram: Mrs. Penn's brother, who lives in Vermont.
Rufus: Farm helper.
Young Hired Hand: Farm helper.
George Eastman: Fiancé of Nanny.
Laborers: Three men digging a cellar for a new barn.
Villagers
4. .......She tells her that her fiancé, George Eastman, is no different from other men. Nanny is to
marry him in the fall. Sarah then tells her daughter she shouldn't be too critical of her father. He
has provided well enough for them, and the roof doesn't leak. Moreover, he hasn't made Nanny
go out to work for a living like other girls.
.......After finishing with the dishes, Sarah sets to making mince pies, a favorite of her husband.
She is is a good housekeeper, with nary a speck of dust to be found anywhere. Nanny begins
sewing on embroidery and linen. As Sarah works on the pies, she looks up now and then at the
men digging the cellar at the site where Adoniram promised forty years before that a new house
would rise.
.......At noon, the family sits down to dinner, Adoniram asks God's blessing, and they eat without
much talk. Afterward, Sammy heads back to school before Adoniram has a chance to tell him to
help unload wood from the wagon.
.......“I don't see why you let him go for, mother,” he says.
.......When Nanny goes out to buy more thread and embroidery, Sarah asks her husband why he is
building a new barn.
......."I ain't got nothin' to say about it,” he replies.
.......She repeats the question but gets the same answer. When she asks whether he is going to
buy more cows, he says nothing. Sarah then stands before him and declares she is going to “talk
plain” to him. Then she points out the condition of the room they are in: no rug, deteriorating
wallpaper. Yet she has to work in it, and Nanny has to entertain her friends in it. Neighbors have
better but don't have half the means he has. She opens the bedroom door and reveals the small
room that she has had to sleep in for forty years. She bore all her children there—the two that are
alive and the two that are dead. Sarah opens the pantry door and recites further complaints. She
then turns her attention to the children's rooms. Both are unfinished. Nanny's room, she says,
“ain't so good as a horse's stall.”
.......Sarah then reminds her husband of his promise forty years before that he would build them a
new house within a year. But all he did was build sheds, cow houses, and one new barn.
.......“I ain't got nothin' to say,” he says.
.......His wife continues, saying she never complained until now. After Nanny is married, she
says, Nanny will have to live somewhere else unless he builds a house. But Nanny is a delicate
creature. “She'll be all worn out inside a year.”
.......Adoniram gets up, saying he has to finish unloading the wood and then get the gravel. Sarah
asks him whether he will think over what she said.
.......“I ain't got nothin' to say.”
5. .......Sarah goes to the bedroom for a while. After she comes out, her eyes are red. She rolls out a
piece of cloth and begins making shirts for her husband. When Nanny returns with her
embroidery, she notices that her mother isn't herself and asks what's wrong. Sarah says,
“Nothin'.” Adoniram, meanwhile, drives out in the two-wheeled cart.
.......Work on the new barn progresses rapidly. It is a fine building, and some people come by on
Sundays to look at it.
.......On a morning in the third week of July, it is finished. Just before Adoniram is ready to move
the cows in, he receives a letter from Sarah's brother Hiram, who lives in Vermont. Hiram says if
Adoniram comes up immediately, he can buy the kind of horse he has been wanting. Sarah, who
is now making pies, goes pale. Her heart begins to beat faster.
.......“I hate to go off jest now, right in the midst of hayin'," he says, "but the ten-acre lot's cut, an'
I guess Rufus an' the others can git along without me three or four days. I can't get a horse round
here to suit me, nohow, an' I've got to have another for all that wood-haulin' in the fall. I told
Hiram to watch out, an' if he got wind of a good horse to let me know. I guess I'd better go.”
.......Sarah lays out his Sunday suit, cravat, collar, and clean clothes, then made his lunch. In a
short while, he is off. It will be Saturday, four days off, before he returns. Sarah resumes making
pies. Nanny is sewing. Sarah mutters something about “opportunity,” and the narrator says she
has made up her mind on a certain course of action.
.......By eleven 11 a.m., Sammy and other men pull up at the new barn with a load of hay. But
Sarah runs out and tells them to put it in the old barn. A young man whom Adoniram hires
periodically replies that her husband told them to put the hay in the new barn. Sarah prevails,
however, and the men pull over to the old barn.
.......While Nanny and Sammy eat dinner, their mother begins bringing out dishes from the pantry
and loading them in a clothes basket. They realize something unusual is going on. Mrs. Penn
then tells Nanny to go upstairs and pack her things and Sammy to help her take the bed apart in
her bedroom.
.......Over the next few hours, they move the dishes, the bed, Nanny's things, and just about
everything else in the house into the new barn. By five that evening, they finish. The stalls in the
barn are just right for bedrooms, and the harness room—with its chimney and shelves—is
perfect for a kitchen. There is plenty of space for a parlor, too, and the upper level of the building
is just as big as the lower one. And there are windows.
.......By six o'clock, Sarah has a fire going in the stove in the harness room and is ready to serve
tea. The young hired hand milks the cows and brings foaming pails into the new barn. Afterward,
he spreads word in the village about what is happening, and people take time out from their daily
6. routines to discuss Sarah Penn's move. They conclude that she must be a madwoman or a
“rebellious spirit.”
.......The Rev. Mr. Hersey visits her on Friday. Anticipating the purpose of his visit, Sarah tells
the minister it will do him no good to try to reverse her course. What she has done is right, she
says. He talks with her, but she remains firm in her resolve. When he leaves, he wonders what
will happen when Adoniram returns.
.......Four cows are delivered. Sarah orders three of them to be put in the old barn and the fourth
in the old house, which now serves as a shed.
.......On Saturday evening, shortly before the expected arrival of Adoniram, several men gather
on the road near the new barn, and the hired man sticks around after completing the milking.
Meanwhile, Sarah has cooked one of her husband's favorite meals: baked beans, brown bread,
and custard pie. She conducts herself with confidence, and the children are pleasantly excited.
.......When Adoniram arrives with the new horse, he first goes to the house. It is locked. He then
goes into the shed and comes back out with a dazed look on his face. Finally, he takes the horse
over to the new barn and opens the doors. Nanny, frightened, stands behind her mother in the
harness room. Sammy moves in front of both of them and says, “We've come her to live, father.”
Adoniram goes into the harness room and says, ““What on airth does this mean, mother?” Sarah
replies,
[W]e've come here to live, an' we're goin' to live here. We've got jest as good a right here as
new horses an' cows. The house wa'n't fit for us to live in any longer, an' I made up my mind I
wa'n't goin' to stay there. I've done my duty by you forty year, an' I'm goin' to do it now; but I'm
goin' to live here. You've got to put in some windows and partitions; an' you'll have to buy some
furniture.”
.......Sammy takes the new horse to the old barn. While Adoniram eats, he stops now and then to
stare at his wife. Afterward, he goes out and sits on a step at the side door of the barn, which
Sarah intends to be the front door of the house. After finishing the dishes, Sarah goes out to him
and touches him on a shoulder. He is weeping.
.......“I'll—put up the—partitions, an'—everything you—want, mother,” he says, then adds, “I
hadn't no idee you was so set on't as all this comes to.”.
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7. THEMES
Rebellion
.......After enduring her husband's domineering management of the household and farm for forty
years, Sarah Penn rebels. When he returns with his horse, she stuns him with the action she took
and with her resolve to stand fast, and he readily accedes to her wishes.
Self-Assertion
.......In achieving her goal, Sarah's main tactic is an attitude of quiet but firm self-assertion.
Confidant that she is in the right—and it is clear that she is—she acts decisively and succeeds.
Defying Tradition
.......In the late nineteenth century, men ruled the home. A woman was expected to cook, keep
house, take care of the children, and heed her husband's wishes. When Sarah rebels against her
husband, she defies this tradition, attracting the attention of her neighbors. They think she is
“insane” or possessed of a “lawless and rebellious spirit.”
Repression of Women in a Male-Dominated Society
.......Society in the late nineteenth century expected women to keep house, cook, bear and rear
children–but little more. Despite efforts of women’s-rights activists such as Lucretia Mott,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony, women still had not received the right to vote in
national elections by the century’s end. Moreover, employers generally discriminated against
women by hiring them for menial jobs only and paying them less than men for the same work.
Sarah sums up the plight of women when she says,
“You ain't found out yet we're women-folks, Nanny Penn,” said she. “You ain't seen enough
of men-folks yet to. One of these days you'll find it out, an' then you'll know that we know only
what men-folks think we do, so far as any use of it goes, an' how we'd ought to reckon men-folks
in with Providence, an' not complain of what they do any more than we do of the weather.”
Climax
.......The climax of a literary work can be defined as (1) the turning point at which the conflict
begins to resolve itself for better or worse, or as (2) the final and most exciting event in a series
of events. According to the first definition, the climax of “The Revolt of 'Mother,'” occurs when
Sarah decides to move the family into the barn. According to the second definition, it occurs
when Adoniram returns from Vermont and discovers that his wife has moved the family into the
new barn.
8. Adoniram's Tears
.......At the end of the story, Adoniram sits weeping outside the barn. But he cries ambiguous
tears. On the one hand, they could represent long-overdue regret for the way he has treated Sarah
and for his postponement of her wish to have a new home. On the other hand, they could be a
manifestation of injured pride. After all, he had allowed his wife to trump him. In an age when
men ruled the home, Sarah had become queen for a day.
Figures of Speech
.......Following are examples of figures of speech in the story.
Alliteration
Repetition of a consonant sound
The spring air, full of the smell of growing grass and unseen blossoms, came in their faces.
He came gaping, dropping little blots of foam from the brimming pails. . . .
There were brown-bread and baked beans and a custard pie. . . .
She had on a clean calico. . . .
Onomatopoeia
Word that imitates a sound
The old man slapped the saddle upon the mare's back.
Presently Adoniram clattered out of the yard in his two-wheeled dump cart. . . .
Oxymoron
Combining contradictory words to reveal a truth or present an apt description
He looked at his wife, and his manner was defiantly apologetic.
Her tender, sweet face was full of a gentle distress.
Sarah Penn's face as she rolled her pies had that expression of meek vigor. . . .
9. Simile
Comparison of unlike things using like, as, or than
She looked as immovable to him as one of the rocks in his pasture-land, bound to the earth
with generations of blackberry vines.
A pretty girl's face, pink and delicate as a flower
Narrative Technique
.......Freeman's narration is objective and straightforward. Unlike many other writers of her era,
she wisely avoids undue sentimentality. She displays her restraint in this regard in the following
passage:
.......“Father, won't you think it over, an' have a house built there instead of a barn?”
.......“I ain't got nothin' to say.”
.......Adoniram shuffled out. Mrs. Penn went into her bedroom. When she came out, her eyes
were red. She had a roll of unbleached cotton cloth. She spread it out on the kitchen table, and
began cutting out some shirts for her husband.
Here, rather than presenting a crying scene, Freeman merely mentions that Sarah's eyes were red,
then continues with the story.
Glossary of Names, Allusions, and Vocabulary
Adoniram: Biblical name meaning "my Lord has exalted" or "lord of might." In the Old
Testament (1 Kings, 2 Samuel, 2 Chronicles), Adoniram (also referred to as Adoram and
Hadoram) is identified as the supervisor of forced labor for King David, King Solomon, and
King Rehoboam over a period of more than forty years. In Freeman's story, Adoniram is lord of
his household for forty years preceding his wife's revolt.
aureole: Halo.
bay mare: Reddish-brown mare. A mare is a female horse that is at least five years old.
betwixt: Between.
calico: Cotton cloth printed with a bright pattern.
cambric: Thin linen or cotton.
Catholic ascetic: Member of a religious order or the church laity who practices rigorous sacrifice
and self-denial to bring himself or herself closer to God.
10. cravat: Fabric band worn around the neck and tied in front; neckerchief, scarf, tie.
Heights of Abraham: Plains in southern Québec, Canada. On September 13, 1759, British forces
under Major-General James Wolfe (1727-1759) defeated French forces under Marquis de
Montcalm (1712-1759) in an important battle in the Seven Years War. Wolfe and Montcalm
both died in the fighting.
Jerseys: Small, pale brown dairy cattle that give creamy milk.
kitchen glass: Kitchen mirror.
maxim: Adage, proverb, wise saying.
ninepence: Nine pennies.
pease: peas.
Plymouth Rock: Boulder on the shore of southeastern Massachusetts. The pilgrims were said to
have landed there in 1620.
Sarah: In the Bible, the wife and step-sister of Abraham (Genesis 12:15; 20:12). In 1 Peter 3:6,
St. Peter praises her for submitting to the will of her husband. Her name is derived from the
Hebrew word for princess. In Freeman's story, Sarah submitted to the will of her husband for
forty years. However, this "princess" one day became a decision-making queen—at least for a
day.
stanchion: Upright beam or post used for support.
victuals (pronounced vittles): Food.
Webster: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), American lawyer, congressman, senator, and secretary of
state. He was a renowned orator. In "The Revolt of 'Mother,' " the narrator compares Sarah's skill
as a speaker to that of Webster.
Wolfe: See Heights of Abraham.
11. Study Questions and Essay Topics
1...Did the author blunder when she expected readers to believe that Sarah would wait forty years
before taking decisive action?
2...Sammy knew three months before his mother that his father was going to build a new barn.
Why didn't Adoniram tell Sarah about his plans?
3...Using information from the story and from reliable research sources, write a psychological
profile of Sarah.
4...Using information from the story and from reliable research sources, write a psychological
profile of Adoniram.
5. Write an informative essay about the limitations imposed on women by tradition, custom, and
law in nineteenth-century America.
6. If Sarah had consulted her brother, Hiram, about her plan to move into the new barn, would
he have supported her or sided with Adoniram?
7. Write an essay comparing and contrasting Sarah with Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's
House.
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