Summary

Unexpected in April – Back on the homestead, the Ingalls family has settled in for spring. It is late April, but an unexpected blizzard comes on. It lasts for three days. Traveling to and from town, Pa tells his family that two visiting easterners were lost in the blizzard, frozen to death. Laura later asks her mother about her own days as a teacher. Ma explains she was a teacher for two terms until she met someone. Laura also hopes to meet someone, for she wishes to be a wife and mother.

Schooltime Begins Again – Laura spends much of her summer studying. The crops and animals grow. Hoop skirts come into style, and Laura is given a hoop. Though she finds them a little difficult to wear, she is glad to be in style. There is a new teacher at...