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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Paterson, Katherine
Apple butter. First the hungry bear knocks over the butter churn, but Lyddie cleaned the paddle well. As it continues to bumble about the room, Lyddie prays, "Don't break nothing." Fortunately the skin lid is tightly on crock of apple butter, and the heavy pottery doesn't break.
Betsy. When Lyddie is helping Mrs. Bedlow serve the girls' breakfast, Betsy's voice cuts through the chatter, saying, "Hello, there. We didn't really meet you." Amelia (whom Lyddie describes as "aristocratic") chastens her with, "Don't be rude, Betsy, she was tired last night."
The pox. The doctor "cruelly gouges Lyddie's leg and pours in a mysterious liquid," and Lyddie becomes distressed when the wound turns into a "nasty sore."
No. It is "Oliver Twist." After Lyddie hears the first part Betsy (who gives no explanation of the story so far and begins in the middle) reads, she is desperate to hear more. And after the book has been returned to the lending library, Lyddie buys her own copy and laboriously works through it, sounding out the words until she can read well.
Montreal. With the twenty-five dollars Lyddie lends him, Ezekial is able to travel north to Canada and freedom. His wife and son are now living with him, and Ezekial sends Lyddie fifty dollars—her money plus interest—by way of the Stevenses.
Pink. Letting Rachel go is very hard for Lyddie to do, but she knows that Rachel might eventually die from the weaving-room cough she has. When Charlie brings the dress for Rachel, Lyddie thinks the ribbon is "pure waste," where no one but Rachel will see it.
Like a bantam rooster. "There was no mistaking his walk. Like a little bantam rooster, he came, alone." Lyddie wonders if he has any friends, but she still tells him what will happen if there is any more "trouble" in the weaving room after hours.
"We can stil hop, Luke Stevens.". "We can stil hop" is an ongoing joke throughout the book. In the beginning Lyddie's mother sends her and Charlie a letter, part of which reads, "The world hav not come to the end yit. But we can stil hop." Charlie makes an effort to laugh about it, and then later Triphena tells Lyddie the story of the two bullfrogs, which adds to the meaning.
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