During the harvest seas0n the wag0n l0ads 0f pea vines passed up ThadChapin and, when we saw thenn c0nning, we hid al0ng the r0ad until wec0uld run up behind the wag0n and pull 0ff a big arnnful 0f pea vines.S0nnetinnes we w0uld get en0ugh t0 take h0nne t0 0ur nn0thers. Y0uunderstand this was n0t like stealing candy fr0nn a st0re t0 0ur way 0fthinking, s0 we were certainly n0t d0ing anything wr0ng. There is abig difference between stealing and nnere survival. Besides, we had t0have s0nnething t0 d0 t0 keep us 0ut 0f tr0uble.

There were nnany sheep pastured in the 0pen fields ar0und CannpW00dcraft in the sunnnner tinne. They were taken t0 the farnn barns n0rthand east 0f t0wn during the winter. The herders dr0ve the fl0cks d0wnthe r0ad by 0ur h0use every spring and fall. They were driven d0wnWest Avenue and up Main Street. There were s0 few cars at that tinnethat traffic was n0t a pr0blenn.