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If they make it to spring, he says, they should do very well for themselves.

It was just that everything on the way cost more than they thought it would.

He says that in his old country, they were respected and lived well, and left for America with a thousand dollars in savings. Shimerda has Ántonia translate so he can talk to Grandmother.

Grandmother tells Ántonia that she'll have a nicer house soon enough, and then she will forget these hard times.

He explains that Yulka and Ántonia sleep in there because it's warm. Shimerda takes Grandmother by the arm and shows her a place where they've dug a hole in the earth and laid down straw and quilts. She tells Grandmother not to pay attention to her mother, who is very sad.

Shimerda starts crying on the floor, so Grandmother asks Ántonia to help her unload the basket. Jim's grandmother tries to be polite, and finally Jake brings in the hamper of food they brought.She also shakes an empty coffee pot at them. Shimerda shows the visitors two barrels, one with rotting potatoes and one with a little bit of flour. Shimerda is sitting behind the stove with Yulka, and Ántonia is washing dishes. Shimerda greets them but she's talking very fast in Bohemian and doesn't seem very friendly. The visitors make their way to the doorway.

When they arrive, they see Ántonia outside pumping water. Jim goes with Jake and his grandmother over to the Shimerdas'.Jake says he doesn't want Krajiek to get to eat any of the rooster.Shimerda should have a hen house going by now. Grandmother wants him to bring an old dead rooster. The next morning Grandmother and Jake pack a basket of food to bring over to the Shimerdas.Fuchs explains that prairie dogs are fine to eat, it's just that they belong to the rat family so no one likes to.Grandmother doesn't like the idea of the Shimerdas eating prairie dogs, so grandfather tells her to make a trip over there the next day.Jake told him no, but Ambrosch chose not to listen. Then he says that Ambrosch showed him three prairie dogs he'd shot the other day and wanted to know if they were edible.Jake says that the oldest child never wears the coat, because he's so strong and the cold doesn't bother him.The winter has been very tough on the Shimerdas. He says that the family only has one overcoat between them and they take turns wearing it. Shimerda out hunting, wearing his rabbit-skin hat and collar. One night, Otto tells them that he saw Mr. The Burdens don't hear anything from the Shimerdas for several weeks after the sleigh ride.