We milked the cows in the morning, and brought in a big stack of firewood and chopped as much as would last for a month or two.

We mended up the paddock fence, and tidied the garden.

The old place hadn't looked so smart for many a day.
When we came in at night old mother used to look that pleased and happy we couldn't help feeling better in our hearts.

Aileen used to read something out of the paper that she thought might amuse us.

I could read pretty fair, and so could Jim; but we were both lazy at it, and after working pretty hard all day didn't so much care about spelling out the long words in the farming news or the stories they put in.