Chapter 6

Pa went to town one day to trade furs he has been saving. So that night Ma and Laura head to the barn where they are going to milk the cows. They see a cow outside the barn, which is odd, and Ma hollers at the cow to go back in the barn and slaps it. When Laura moves the lantern at a better angle, they both realize it was a bear!! So Ma and Laura hurry back in the house.
When Pa gets home, he tells his story about coming home and seeing a bear himself. Because he had so many furs, he couldn't take his gun with him, and on the way home he regretted that because when he was walking home, he saw a bear standing in the middle of the road! So he picks up a club and runs at it, only to realize it's a stump!

Response- Holy crap! I would be freaking out if I was Laura's Ma, slapping a bear? With my luck it would eat me alive...