noon
There was n't anything that was better than giving people or animals what they liked to eat . It made her feel good all over to throw corn to the hens and see how they scrabbled for it . She just loved to get a bag of stick candy at the store , when she went to town , and see how Addie and Ralph and little ` Gene jumped up and down when they saw it . And then it was so nice to be fore-handed and get the churning out of the way before noon . She would have time this afternoon after the dishes were done , to sit right down with that sprigged calico dress for little Addie . She could get the seams all run up on the machine before supper-time , and have the hand-work , buttonholes and finishing , for pick-up work for odd minutes . She just loved to sit and sew , in a room all nice and picked up , and know the house-work was done .