“What’s this? Salt?” “Yeah,” I answered as I walked towards her to carry her in my arms again. I have work to do and see that she clearly doesn’t know a lot of things, I don’t think she’ll be of any help. She’d better just be out of my way so I can finish my work faster. “What are they for?” she asked curiously. I thought about telling her all about the meat and how it’s fermented and stored but I think it would be better to surprise her later. I bet her reaction would be priceless and I’d love to see that. “You’ll see.” She asked me about it again, but I refused to answer as I brought her back to the wooden chair where she was sitting a while ago. I took the ax from the shed and then I began cutting the trunks of the trees. I cut down some of the trees from the forest last

