The rest of the winter was like that mostly. They lived like a family but he knew in his mind it couldn"t last. In the same instance, it was wonderful for now. The woman was so beautiful and full of life.
The children seemed to adore him as he did them.
They were outside doing whatever they could when the weather permitted. He very seldom went without them even to hunt unless the weather looked to get bad before the day was over.
They had plenty of canned food and such but he also tried to keep fresh meat on hand also. Plus the fact that sitting in the cabin was just plain boring at times.
He taught all three how to track and read signs while Tonya taught the children how to read, do arithmetic and such. They studied mostly when the weather was bad or in the evenings when Steve didn"t
