"We'll spend the whole summer on the farm with Uncle Ross. I
ought to make up something special just because we've never ever
gone alone like this!" And the first thing Elizabeth does is
give herself, and her younger brother John, new names-Geeder and
Toeboy.
The farm is special too, with its pump house, pond, and
especially the prize razorback hogs that belong to Nat Tayber and
his daughter Zeely. Zeely Tayber is tall and dignified, unlike
anyone else in the small town. Geeder is fascinated. And when she
finds a picture of a Watutsi queen who could be Zeely's twin, she
knows she is in the presence of royalty.
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