A few feet ahead of her, Jo walked with the other end on her shoulder, a bucket of goat’s milk swaying gently in between them. Cheesecloth covered the pail to keep out flies and dirt. Lara hoped the sale of the milk added to the few coins in her pocket would be enough to buy Grandpa some more quinine. She needed to stock up since they’d be leaving town, and she didn’t know when she’d have another chance to purchase any more. “You know, if you had agreed to register for the land rush like Grandpa and I wanted, we might not have gotten kicked out of the soddy.” Lara’s mind swirled as she tried to comprehend how the two events were related. She scrunched her brow together, trying to make sense of Jo’s cryptic statement. “But no-ooo, you refused to obey, just like Balaam’s donkey in the scriptures.” Lara pursed her lips together at Jo’s scolding tone. To her way of thinking, the donkey had saved Balaam’s life by diverting from its path to avoid the avenging angel bent on killing Balaam because he’d angered the Lord.
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