Chapter 20: The Decision
The wind howled around the upside-down car as Jerusha lay under a seat cushion and a pile of clothes with the little girl next to her. The cold metal of the roof of the car felt as if it were gradually sucking the life out of her. She had to do something. But what?
Suddenly she heard her grandmother’s voice. “Jerusha, kumme! Get up! You must help this little girl or she will die here. You must get her out of the storm.”
“But Grossmudder, I don’t know what to do,” she cried aloud. “I’m so tired. I can’t help her. I just want to go to sleep. It’s the easiest way.”
“Jerusha, you must not sleep. This little girl has a life to live, and you have been sent to help her. You must get her to safety. Think, girl, think! ”
Then Jerusha remembered. The cabin—the Jepso
