SARA, PLAIN AND TALL
By: Patricia MacLachlan
Their mother died the day after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is
quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper,
asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton,
of Maine. Papa, Anna, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah
decides to come for a month. She writes Papa: I will come by train. I will wear
a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall, and Tell them I sing. Anna and Caleb wait
and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay?
quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper,
asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton,
of Maine. Papa, Anna, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah
decides to come for a month. She writes Papa: I will come by train. I will wear
a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall, and Tell them I sing. Anna and Caleb wait
and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay?