Zona Gale 
Daughter of the Morning 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I Found this paper on the cellar shelf. It come around the boys’ new overalls. When I was cutting it up in sheets with the butcher knife on the kitchen table, Ma come in, and she says:<br><br>What you doin’ now?<br><br>The way she says now made me feel like I’ve felt before — mad and ready to fly. So I says it right out, that Id meant to keep a secret. I says:<br><br>I’m makin’ me a book.<br><br>Book! she says. For the receipts you know? she says, and laughed like she knows how. I hate cooking, and she knows it.