Chapter 5 The first evening

 Kasper continued with his story by saying "These folks had always lived in a fairly nice home in town. The mother liked things clean and orderly and taught her children to do the same. The only cooking they had ever done outside was never, he chuckled. The lady always cooked and baked in the fireplace. She could do wonders with very little food so her husband was convinced that they could survive in the wilderness without a problem. He would hunt for food along the way. He was very optimistic that things would be fairly simple although he was aware that being part of the wagon train was going to be very different. He could not imagine things going really wrong. The old doll said, "It seemed like from the very first night things started to go wrong. There were no windows or doors on the wagon. The little girls and their mother got themselves ready for the night inside the wagon while the girls' father checked the horses and made sure that they had food and water.  All four of them sleeping inside the wagon was possible, but it was going to be a tight fit. They had practiced laying just so that everyone would be the most comfortable. When he thought that everything was quiet for the night and his family was settled, he too, slipped inside the wagon for a good night's sleep. He and his family had a long hard day coming at sunrise.  He  climbed into the wagon as quickly and quietly as possible. He crawled up to the head of the wagon  and as he laid his head on one of the goose down pillows he let out a yell. "What in the world is in my pillow?"

Bandit growled a little and said, "Well, what was it? Was it a snake?" Kasper chuckled and said, "No it was me! And within about two seconds Isak was also flying through the air." 

"Oh the little girls' pa yelled. He thought the girls had put us in the wagon. Of course, he was wrong. The girls and their ma came out to see what the commotion was all about. The little girls grinned, but they were the only ones. Pa would not allow us to be part of their belongings. We were flung to the side of the road once more. It seemed being tossed about like trash was our destiny."

The next morning the wagon train started to move slowly heading south west towards their new home. They had no idea what or where they would live. The dolls watched as the wagon train moved slowly but surely leaving them to what Kasper and Isak thought would be forever.

Anna interrupted Kasper and said, "Well, we didn't have it much better on the ship. It was terrible."

Bandit growled and said, "You can tell your story when Kasper is done. I want to hear how they got here at Grandma Lu's house. By the way, did they have a dog?"