Do you want to move into town with her?” “You know I don’t. But you shouldn’t have said you wouldn’t let her do it. If you tell her she can’t do something, then she has to do it.” “Why, you little fucker!” The heavy hand shot out and sent him sprawling. What the boy had said was true, but a lot of difference that made. The bucket was overturned, a pool of milk began to spread along the barn floor. With his right ear roaring with pain and one whole side of his face gone numb, he picked himself up and drew the stool out from between the cow’s legs and put the bucket under her. He managed not to
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