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Green Grass of Wyoming Sept. 2020, Ch.21-46
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Hana wrote: ""Carey was in the delightful state of mind that any girl is in when two handsome and attractive boys vie for her favor and there is always someone, a male someone, looking at her.""
Both Nell and Ken (view spoiler)
Both Nell and Ken (view spoiler)

It's very much in Ken's nature to fall in love fast and hard, and as Rob says in that delightful scene in Chapter 19 "Ken, you must remember, has a one-track mind....He's a lad of one idea. He takes hold and he can't let go."
That scene with Rob and Nell and Howard always makes me laugh, especially the part about the canaries. Nell explained that when Ken was five and Howard seven the grammar school project was raising canaries and Ken "...heard all the talk about males and females and began to beg "But I want I little freemale--couldn't I have a little freemale all of my own?"
Of course, as Howard guessed, Ken got his "little freemale" and more. Howard's parting comment "First the canary, then the filly, and now another little freemale!" sums up his brother perfectly.
That scene with Rob and Nell and Howard always makes me laugh, especially the part about the canaries. Nell explained that when Ken was five and Howard seven the grammar school project was raising canaries and Ken "...heard all the talk about males and females and began to beg "But I want I little freemale--couldn't I have a little freemale all of my own?"
Of course, as Howard guessed, Ken got his "little freemale" and more. Howard's parting comment "First the canary, then the filly, and now another little freemale!" sums up his brother perfectly.
This book had a slowish start for me, but has now picked up & I am loving it. What a gift O'Hara had for crating her world.!