The next day is Sunday, and the Woodlawns and Mr. Tanner go early to the school house, where the community gathers for church. Sam Hankinson sits in the back with his three half-breed children, but their Indian mother remains outside. Caddie wonders what it would be like to have an Indian mother. She would not be ashamed, but as Caddie looks at her mother, Harriet, dressed in beautiful black silk, Caddie is glad that Harriet is her mother.
Mr. Tanner departs the next day, so the Woodlawns turn their attention to Uncle Edmund's upcoming visit. Harriet protests that her younger brother, who always comes during pigeon season, brings havoc and mayhem to her household, but she is secretly glad for his visits.
The pigeons begin arriving on the prairie, but there.....
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