Aaron:  "It's gettin' cool in here.  What's happened to Dad's fire building?"

Nathan:  "It's either feast or famine—furnace or freezer."

Aaron:  "Mostly furnace—especially when we're having music lessons!  We all have to lie on the floor with our noses in the cracks under the doors in order to catch a breath!  Which reminds me, Karen Brock asked today if we'd be willing to play at a meeting of the Trail Tenders."

Adam:  "Does it pay?"

Aaron:  "She said something about passing the hat."

Adam:  "Make it a big one.  Maybe that's why cowboys wear the 10-gallon variety."

Nathan:  "We need to have Jamie sing.  He'd bring in the donations.—Or we could have Ivy play.  She's still cute—a little past her prime, but she'd do well."

Danny:  "Where is this meeting?"

Aaron:  "At the Steak house."

Danny:  "Are they going to feed us?"

Adam:  "What did you tell her?"

Aaron:  "I told her I'd have to consult my partners."

Dad:  "Nathan, quit swinging that rope.  Your mother won't be happy if you break the blossoms off that Christmas cactus before they bloom."

Aaron:  "Do you know why people build houses?  It's to keep plants and vermin out!"

Nathan:  "Especially stinky plants."

Adam:  "Do you still have that geranium in your room?"

Nathan:  "It stinks so bad!"

Aaron:  "Let's go beat that bush up there."

Nathan:  "There's a whole corner of my room that I can't go into."

Adam:  "Let's put it in the dark closet.  Mom never goes in there."