noon
A nice pair of farmers we are , Oscar ! '' and the lad , with might and main , began to close rapidly the long gap between him and the steadily moving ox-team . `` Leg-weary work , is n't it , Sandy ? '' said his father , when they stopped at noon to take the luncheon they had brought out into the field with them . `` Yes , and I 'm terribly hungry , '' returned the boy , biting into a huge piece of cold corn-bread . `` I should n't eat this if I were at home , and I should n't eat it now if I were n't as hungry as a bear . Say , daddy , you can not think how tired my leg is with the punching of that dibble into the sod ; seems as if I could n't hold out till sundown ; but I suppose I shall .