baa-a-ed

Updated: June 25, 2025

There was the stamping of horses in the stables as they crunched their corn; cows lowed as the milk-pails rattled; sheep baa-a-ed in their folds, and the swine, fearing that some other of the farm stock would get their share of the breakfast, squealed in eager anticipation. On a knoll by the river side stood the rambling buildings belonging to Jabez Potter, who kept the Red Mill.

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