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 Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:17 am |
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"Love"
by Jesse Stuart
begins with
"Yesterday when the bright sun blazed down on the wilted corn my
father and I walked around the edge of the new ground to plan a fence.
The cows kept coming through the *chestnut oaks on the cliff and
running over the young corn. They bit off the tips of the corn and
trampled down the stubble."
What is meant by "new ground"? Freshly tilled, freshly planted or
freshly cleared? The latter seems to be implied, but this is a part of
the country that's been settled for a long time. On the other hand, it
is "holler country," with lots of wilderness. |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:37 am |
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kdammers@yahoo.com wrote:
[quote:e95a6e7b36]"Love"
by Jesse Stuart
begins with
"Yesterday when the bright sun blazed down on the wilted corn my
father and I walked around the edge of the new ground to plan a
fence.
The cows kept coming through the *chestnut oaks on the cliff and
running over the young corn. They bit off the tips of the corn and
trampled down the stubble."
What is meant by "new ground"? Freshly tilled, freshly planted
or
freshly cleared? The latter seems to be implied, but this is a part
of
the country that's been settled for a long time. On the other hand,
it
is "holler country," with lots of wilderness.
[/quote:e95a6e7b36]
Freshly acquired?
--
Larry Lard
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| Peter T. Daniels |
| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:59 am |
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kdammers@yahoo.com wrote:
[quote:e129082311]
"Love"
by Jesse Stuart
begins with
"Yesterday when the bright sun blazed down on the wilted corn my
father and I walked around the edge of the new ground to plan a fence.
The cows kept coming through the *chestnut oaks on the cliff and
running over the young corn. They bit off the tips of the corn and
trampled down the stubble."
What is meant by "new ground"? Freshly tilled, freshly planted or
freshly cleared? The latter seems to be implied, but this is a part of
the country that's been settled for a long time. On the other hand, it
is "holler country," with lots of wilderness.
[/quote:e129082311]
If that's the very beginning of the story, either the meaning will
become clear later on, or else it doesn't matter.
But: Why do you suppose they would be planning a fence for it? Young
corn is growing on it, and they want to keep the cattle out. What does
that tell you?
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net |
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