2017.11.09

Today is Thursday.

Mama asked Sarah to invite the library lady to come over three days later, just the Succos eve, and tell her that Papa and Mama would be very pleased if she would come. The next afternoon when Sarah met her sisters in the backyard, her face was glowing and she bubbled over with her news that the library lady was coming to their house on Succos eve. She was so happy that she twirled and turned about the yard. Papa smiled at her and told her if she wouldn't want the library lady see an unfinished Succah, she had better go back to work with them. One more day the little house was finished. The walls of Succah had been built of planks laid tightly one against the other, but the roof had only a few planks of wood widely spaced so that broad patches of sky came through. Ever since Papa had built the roof, Gertie  had wondered about that. She hadn't said anything because she supposed that it would be finished sooner or later, but here they were already working on the finishing, and still the roof remained as unfinished as ever.