A hundred years ago many people travelled across America.  (1)They needed houses and fields. (2)They were the first pioneers. A pioneer does something first.  (3)These people travelled across America first.

(4)They stopped near a river. (5)They needed food and water. (6)They used axes and (7)they chopped down trees. The horses pulled the logs with ropes. The men lifted one log on top of another log.  (8)These were the walls of their house.

Inside there were two rooms.  In one room there was a fire. The women cooked food in big pots. The children helped. (9)They picked up wood for the fire. (10)They fetched water from the river.

There were not many toys.  The girls skipped with a rope. The boys played skittles. All the children played a game with a cup and a ball. You can make this game, too.

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