noon
Sami squatted down and pulled at the weeds with all his might . The ground was hard and the work very tiresome . But Sami did not forget how his grandmother had impressed it upon him to do all his work well and willingly . At noon the two weeders took their hoes on their shoulders and Sami had to pull the cart , which was now much heavier than on the way there . The boy had to use all his strength , for Stöffi showed him plainly that he would not take upon himself the larger part of the work . Then when they passed by the field the father indicated to each one the piece he would have to weed that afternoon ; for he himself would be obliged to go to the cattle market . They would find a smaller hoe at home for Sami to take with him in the afternoon , for pulling up the weeds was too slow work .