Head West, Young Mouse: Transcontinental Railroad Traveler Book #3

Head West, Young Mouse: Transcontinental Railroad Traveler Book #3 — page 3
around the rim of the wooden spoked wheel to the hard ground below Maximilian moved closer to one of the fires He listened to two men One of the men was carving a piece of wood The other was carefully reading a map that had been unrolled on a large slab of bedrock Maximilian inched closer The low rustling of horse hooves could be heard behind him He wanted to get a look at the map If this map is accurate then we're still two days east of Silver Springs the man said The other man kept carving but nodded in agreement That's about right he said So long as the axle on the Franklin wagon is fixed we should be in decent shape The man reading the map moved to stir a kettle that hung over the fire He placed his tattered cowboy hat on the ground I just hope that the Utah Territory is more agreeable than Missouri was he said Both men sat quietly beneath the vast prairie sky and thought about what was in store for them Maximilian did the same