The firewood was damp, some even sodden. With difficulty, Eleanor eventually lit the fire in the oven that Andrew built for her. It was nothing elaborate, just bricks carefully stacked into three sides, with a steel plate sitting on top. To turn part of it into an oven, Andrew had devised a system for easily sliding another plate down and blocking the opening to the oven section. It worked well when the wood was dry.
She felt more cheerful after Mrs. Moore's visit and it brought a smile to her face when she thought of the surprise she would have for Andrew. Eleanor put more wood into the fire to bring her oven to temperature and, with the flour given to her, she began to prepare her meal.
She turned to the pigpen - it was empty! Pork-Chop had disappeared. She ran over and looked closer
