One Carpenter Spent His Savings to Keep Five Young Siblings in His Woodshop

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“What happens if you cut it too short?” Eli asked.

“You have to use it for something else,” Carter said. “A toy box or a shelf. But you can’t put the wood back once the saw has run through it.”

Eli held the pencil carefully, his thumb pressed against the yellow wood just like Carter had shown him. He made a small, dark mark at the twenty-four-inch continue reading …