Christliche Erziehung
Datum: 12.01.2019,
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Macht / Ohnmacht
... weak backed to get out of doing everything? Ive already heard from your Aunt how lazy you seemed this morning. Leave the buckets for now, and ask your Aunt nicely to let you use the cart to pull them back to the house after you wash up. Cmon, daylight is a-wasting.
We went back to the lake, when Uncle Monty pointed to a rock and said Put your nightgowns there, and pick up that soap. He pointed to a rock, where some plain homemade soap bars were sitting.
Sunny rolled her eyes, Are we to bathe in this lake?
I complained Naked out here, for everyone to see?
Uncle laughed First question, no and second question, yes but there isnt another farm for three miles, so I assure you no one will see.
But, you two will see! I suddenly felt more naked, as I pointed to Klaus and Uncle Monty, and I could tell that Klaus and Sunny were just as uncomfortable. And its too cold! Im already getting sick. Which was true, my nose was running and I was shivering constantly. I learned later that we were in the warmest part of Utah, the Southwest corner of the state.
To us at the time it seemed cold. And all of us cried and were miserable the first few days. But we really did toughen up quickly. By the third day I wasnt even sniffling until the cold lake water hit me. And by the second week, I found even that icy bath to be no worse than a cold shower. Its all a matter of what you are used to. We had been used to carpeted floors, indoor plumbing in a well heated homeeven our pool was ...
... heated! We were babies and behaving like it. I was really mad at my aunt and uncle at the time of those first few outdoor baths, but I can not say now that they were wrong to make us do this. Although I still would have liked some toilet paper and creature comforts.
Oh for crying out loud, girls you dont have anything that I havent seen before, and from the looks of your backside, Ill need my glasses to make out any of the details, its so small. On the farm, we arent blessed with running water. Out here we pump it. And you must keep clean, so the sooner you get washed, the sooner you will be dry and clothed. Then you can start your chores and get really warm.
You will each stand under this shower, and wash yourselves all over, good and well. This is hard work, and you are going to grow accustomed to it, but you will also keep clean bodies. He spoke as if we knew the Bible well enough to recognize this verse from Leviticus And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean.
I was first, and so I turned away from everyone and pulled my nightgown over my head, to feel the cold morning air from the lake on my naked skin. In a way, I have to admit it was very refreshing. I had goosebumps. I lifted up the harsh lye based soap and walked over to what was apparently the shower, which I had thought some kind of pump made for the lake.
I could feel Klaus and Uncle Monty staring at me. Sunny stripped her nightgown as well, and was told to ...