The Little Crooked House 1

Over the next few days the friends wandered The sun was particularly hot that day and once
the area gathering long palm branches and the thatch was completed Sabrina suggested
added them to their pile. On Friday the they stretch out under the new roof while she
souiimw came by and carefully unloaded from got a jug of water and some snacks from home.
his truck the six lengths of woven thatch he had The souiimw said he would leave them and
promised. come back later in the afternoon to see how
they were getting on with attaching the palm
Saturday morning each of the friends came branches over the thatch. Suddenly the friends
with a length of singóón and when the souiimw looked a little worried. Enson spoke for all of
arrived they got right to work. Laying the them when he asked, “Could you show us how
pieces of thatch across the rafters on the outside to do it before you go?”
of the house, they tied them to the rafters from
inside the house. When they got to the top So while Sabrina got the refreshments, the
rows of thatch they had to stand on a bench to souiimw showed the boys how to place and
reach the rafters. The friends agreed that this secure a palm branch over the thatch. Then he
was the most demanding stage in the whole left them and the friends rested, lying on their
construction. The thatch lengths needed to be backs and looking up with pride at their new
handled so carefully and there was so much roof.
tying involved as they worked their way up
each rafter.

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