So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not see them go. It stayed there inside the log fence, behind the two big oak trees that in the summertime had made green roofs for Mary and Laura to play under. And that was the last of the little houseLaura Ingalls Wilder
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In this story, a little house is built out of a log. It’s not a very important thing. The little house is there, and it’s not going anywhere. Then Mary and Laura leave, and that’s the end of the little house.
There are two big oak trees that shade the little house from the sun, so the house doesn’t get hot in the summer. And in the winter, there are two big oak trees to keep the snow from piling up on the roof. And so when winter comes, Mary and Laura can go inside and play without having to go outside in all that cold.
Source: Little House On The Prairie
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