Mom's Best Friend
by Sally Hobart Alexander
| leaped or sprang lightly along; jumped | |
| setting right by punishing; finding fault with; improving | |
| anyway in which one may face or point | |
| in an easy manner; without trying hard | |
| someone or something that shows the way | |
| the leather strips, bands, and other pieces used to hitch a horse or other animal | |
| to make known; bring into acquaintance with | |
| having patience; showing patience | |
| attachment | connection |
| diagonally | slanting |
| obedience | doing what one is told to do |