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with me after that
till they got jacks
number.

Sat May 5, 1917
just as I thought It
snowed this morning
& it was all slush
out doors & I had
to stay in the house
all day I couldent
even go over to
peckys barn & box
with punkin
bud & the kids.
pretty tough on
me.

Sun May 6, 1917
It cleared up a little
today.

Mon May 7, 1917
I never see a chicken
jump so high as I did
today. tonight after school
Punkin got his pump B.B
gun & we went over where the
orchard used & plugged
through a knothole at
the chickens. We took
turns & we would wait
for a chicken to turn its
head away from us &
then we would plug. it
would hit & go thump
& the chicken would
hiper into the chicken
house pretty lively.
but once there was a
young chicken & punkin
took a shot & the chicken
jumped 6 or 7 feet. It
jumped higher than
our head & landed on
its head & acted as
if it was dizzy & fell
down then it got
up & went into the
henhouse & made an
awful noise just when
I hit another one it