1. Piles of wood and grass had been prepared.
1. The new mealies were just showing.
1. The farm was ringing with the clamour of
1. The old man said emphatically.
1. Why did they thrown wet leaves on the fire.
To make the smoke acrid and black
To extinguish shuffle
To burn the leaves
1. All the trees were queer and still
1. Can hardly dwell here or cross
1. The countryside was devastated and mingled.
1. Old Stephen yelled at the house boy
1. The farm was ringing with the clamour of the gong.
1. The smoke was rising from myriads of fire.
1. Locusts were going to be like bad weather, always imminent.
1. He picked a stray locust.
1. Who took precautionary measures to keep the locusts away from the crops.