The settlers laughed at the widow for drying food all summer — until the valley was cut off… They laughed at her the first time they saw apples glistening on her roof like pieces of gold. The men stood outside the general store in Ashaow Valley, squinting up at the ridge where a lonely cabin clung to the hillside. The summer sun was hot and steady, warming the pines and drying the dust on the street.
They laughed at her the first time they saw apples shining on her roof like pieces of gold.
The men stood outside the general store in the Ashaow valley, squinting at the ridge where a solitary cabin clung to the hillside.
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