Yessir,” Kyle said.“For a while,” I added.“And?”“All the riders on the trail were new, it seemed like. It wasn’t much fun, so we left,�... I said. Pa looked at me waiting. I plunged on. “Well, there was an auction at the stockyards. We just stopped to have a look around. We were just looking. But then these four were led into the ring and they were kind of skinny and looking poorly. We just thought they needed a good home and no one was bidding on them.”“Except that guy from the slaughterhouse. He. Francine went to her first class of the day and I to mine, but we had smiled and said we'd see each other later and were looking forward to enjoying lunch together. That turned out to be an understatement.The three and a half hours between first period and lunch was fairly uneventful. I did enjoy watching more fully clothed niners get strip-searched for unlawful pubic hair, I did join in the crowds of kids surrounding rule breakers, I watched and even participated ( with a senior's permission,. Ektu pore o kanna suru korlo, 10 min er moddhe’amar malaout hoar agei or gud fete rokto berie gelo, amar dhon beye rokto niche porte laglo, dekhlam, or chokh theke jol porche.Ami bhablam o r korte debe na. Tai bathtab er moddhe niye or gud ta dhue dilam, jiv ta gude lagiye chuste suru korlam. Kintu Gude jiv ditei o abar amai kiss korte laglo, ami deri na kore bathtab er joler moddhei oke chudtesuru korlam, amader r joler moddhe jeno juddho cholchilo, ek2 pore or joler moddhei arekbar rosh berie. That “encouragement” became a formal requirement if the girl wanted to learn anything more apart from basic literacy. In the western valley, most guilds included teaching their members’ daughters how to read and write as part of their services. The Old Believers ran schools for non-guild children and taught boys and girls alike, although the classes were separated by sex. So, in the western valley most women had some knowledge of reading and writing, while in the Vice-Duchy most women were.