EMILY From the day Emily was chosen to be a skivvy she would tread through rural life of North East England as it unfolded to her in with the natural world of a traditional farmhouse. Those days were spartan and bleak, but with this farm at "Hunter's Piece", she was to find it a mixture of hardship, devotion and love. There were many things to learn about -- the farm and its ways. The animals needed attention, every day all the year round. The seasons of the farming year all had their times. She learned dairy work, housework and the outside days of haymaking, the harvesting and threshing days, and the gruesome killing of pigs and poultry, for food. The hard graft of house cleaning, butter making, and huge wash days, with the old poss tub and wooden roller mangle. The bread and cake making to feed them all with wholesome meals, to give all the strength to put their backs into it. Emily had the dedication to learn and fit in. Her slender body, was yearning to be good and to tackle the daily chores. Each task seemed to have a meaningful end, like lambing sheep, and tending her own little pig, Tansy. In this farmhouse were the Boss, Missus, a horseman, a cowman, Old Tom the odd job man, and herself. Emily grew and developed daily, as she grew to have a fondness for this place Read about her life as she travels towards a perfect ending.