 
 <prompt> **CHAPTER IX.**

**DIFFICULTY**

Albeit e be winter wen di boys dey ride, but di sun dey shine well well for one very warm and pleasant way, and di snow dey everywhere dey soften for di fields and dey melt for di roads, wey dey show say spring dey come. 

Dey get one small stream of water wey dey come down from di hill for di middle of di road, and e dey form one long pool for di bottom. Jonas turn im horse go one side, to avoid dis pool of water, and e wait until Oliver reach. 

"Well, Oliver," e talk, "tired of di mill already?"

"Why, no," Oliver talk, "only I think say, on di whole, I go prefer make I follow you. I no think say you go dey go so long."

"E dey about two miles," Jonas talk.

"Where you dey go?" Oliver ask.

"O, to see about some logs. I think say you hear your papa tell me make I go see about some logs."

"Wetin about di logs?" Oliver ask.

"Why, to make di boards for di barn."

"O," Oliver reply, "I no know dat."

"Yes," Jonas continue, "when we need boards, we gats go meet person wey get some pine timber for di bush, and make am cut down some of dem, and haul dem go di mill. Then dem go saw dem, and make boards."

"Wetin mill?" Oliver ask.

"For dat saw-mill wey dey near di carding-mill. Di mill wey dey for di village, you sabi, na grist-mill."

By dis time, di boys don reach top of di hill, and dem enter di sleigh, and dem dey ride along. Before before, dem reach one place wey Jonas wan turn go, into one kind by-road wey dey lead go into di bush, where di pine-trees dey grow. Di man wey get di trees dey live near, for one farm-house. <response>: 1. carding-mil
2. grist-mill
3. harmattan
4. dey waka like dis,
5. Yes
6. snow
7. spring
8. No
9. small stream
10. go down the hill
11. middle of the road
12. long pool
13. yes
14. horse
15. Jonas
16. Yes
17. Oliver
18. two miles
19. papa
20. planks 