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Timeless: Book 1 in the Kate and Jancsi Series
The Good Master
What you need to know before your trail
Jancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his father’s ranch on the Hungarian plains. But their summer proves more adventurous than he had hoped when headstrong Kate arrives, as together they share horseback races across the plains, country fairs and festivals, and a dangerous run-in with the gypsies.
Travel Guide
Hungary
Travel through the history of Hungary with The BookTrail
This classic tale of Hungarian farm life shows how a farm was fun long before the advent of mechanisation and at a time when war was not far away.
Farmers lived close to their animals and did everthing by hand from milking to checking the crops and collecting the hay for winter. People wore traditional dress and each had their specific job on the farm which was very hard work.
Farm work
“The gigantic task of preparing against the long-hard winter went on. Eggs were stored in the cellar, milk made into cheese. Two pigs were getting fatter … they would be butchered. Then Mother could make lard, sausages, smoked hams. Wagonloads of oats …”
The story is about the children and one of them is lonely:
“It got so lonesome for poor Jancsi, he would have given ten horses for a brother. He had it all figured out — he would give a donkey for even a sister. Not horses, just a donkey.”
Appreciation of the land:
“What would a shepherd be doing with money, Mister Nagy? I have everything here. I am happy. … The sky gives me sunshine and rain. The ground gives me food. The spring gives me water. The sheep give me shelter and clothes. The beautiful flowers, the animals, the birds, show me what to carve with my knife.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Good Master
Destination/Location : Hungary Author/Guide: Kate Seredy Departure Time: Timeless
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