This week’s episode is: In a beautiful country.
So Perrine and her mother have crossed the Alps! The whole party is exhausted, especially Perrine’s mother. She seems to be recovering more slowly as well. Perrine hears from the innkeeper that France is probably a week away now. Perrine is anxious to get there, but she doesn’t want her mother to push herself too hard. While they stop for a rest and Perrine gets some water, she spies some flowers she wants to get for her mother. The flowers are up a bit of a cliff. Yep, Perrine ends up tumbling off and hurts one of her ankles. Perrine feels terribly guilty because now her mother has to do almost everything, certainly the heaviest chores. Perrine’s mother lets her know that she is worried but that she doesn’t blame Perrine for getting hurt. Perrine just needs to be more careful and think a bit more first next time. She makes a poultice for Perrine’s foot. They reach a small village, but there is no doctor there. They are unable to reach the next town where there is a doctor that day. Perrine develops a fever, but it goes away later on. The next day, they do reach the town and see the doctor. Thankfully, Perrine’s foot is only sprained, not broken. One week of hardly any walking for Perrine. She is still good at attracting a crowd for getting their photograph taken, though!
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