On 5 Nov 2006 22:40:29 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
<wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Sun 05 Nov 2006 12:33:54p, Tara meant to say...
>
>> On 5 Nov 2006 20:30:29 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
>> <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Do you always read such violent books?
>>
>> Always! In _Little House in the Big Woods_, Pa slaughtered a pig.
>>
>> Tara
>>
>
>I can just hear the squeals!

Laura doesn't. She covers her ears until the pig is finished
squealing. That chapter is actually very interesting. You learn about
pig slaughtering, ham smoking, sausage, headcheese, soap, lard,
cracklings. Laura and Mary roast the pig's tail and play with the
inflated pig bladder.

Tara