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Part 1 Chapter 1: - really cold and snowy town - Alexandra and Emil?s dad is sick and dying - Emil lost his cat on a pole - Alexandra (Emil?s sister) and Carl are friends - Marie Tovesky is the little beauty flirt Part 1 Chapter 2: - at home John Bergson is introduced; he remembers all his debts and land difficulties - leaves Alexandra in charge - boys are carless and mother is more of a house person than land Part 1 Chapter 3: - 6 months after their father?s death, Alexandra, Lou, Oscar, and Emil invite Carl to go visit Crazy Ivar for a hammock - Ivar is religious, solitary, nature lover (feeds birds in his pond, cares for animals, reads the bible) and gives advice to Alexandra about the hogs - no one else cares esp the two boys Part 1 Chapter 4:
