It was April 3, 1872.
Hailke tumbled out of bed as usual. As he clambered down the ladder to the attic , he heard sizzling – Pancakes again. Kaelle, Hailke’s older sister was just putting pancakes – No! bacon on the table! Then Hailke remembered that today was his birthday, and he was turning 10. As pa came in from doing chores, Reenade walked into the kitchen. She looked like she was sleepwalking. The family ate breakfast in silence. Hailke knew they had something up their sleeves, but that “something” never happened. Pa had a good eye for sighting twisters, and he knew one was coming. Everybody was to stay in the house and then scoot down to the cellar when the tornado was seen. All seven of the Schlauhts in the house at one time (Pa, Ma, Kaelle (15), Caintin (13), Hailke (10), Jessika (7), and Reenade (4) felt strange to Hailke.
As you may have guessed, the tornado did come.
We are now back to Part 1
to be continued…