Here's a short story:

CHAPTER XIII. 

FLAXEN'S GREAT NEED. 

Flaxen wrote occasionally, during the next year, letters all too short and too far between for the lonely man toiling away on his brown farm. These letters were very much alike, telling mainly of how happy she was, and of what she was going to do by and by, on Christmas or Thanksgiving. Once she sent a photograph of herself and husband, and Anson, after studying it for a long time, took a pair of shears and cut the husband off, and threw him into the fire. 

"That fellow gives me the ague," he muttered. 

Bert did not write, and there was hardly a night that Ans lay down on his bed that he did not wonder where his chum was, especially as the winter came on unusually severe, reminding him of that first winter in the Territory. Day after day he spent alone in his house, going out only to feed the cattle or to get the mail. The sad wind was always in his ears. But with the passage of time the pain in his heart lost its intensity. 

One day he got a letter from Flaxen that startled and puzzled him. It was like a cry for help, somehow. 

"Dear old pap, I wish you was here," and then in another place came the piteous cry, "Oh, I wish I had some folks!" 

All night long that cry rang in the man's head with a wailing, falling cadence like the note of a lost little prairie-chicken.  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Is Flaxen a man or woman?
Guess: a woman

Question: Was she married?
Guess: Yes

Question: What was her husband's name?
Guess: unknown

Question: What did Anson do to the photo he received?
Guess: He cut it

Question: With what?
Guess: shears

Question: Why?
Guess: to get rid of the husband from the photo

Question: did he keep that portion of the photo?
Guess: no

Question: how did he destroy it?
Guess: he threw it into the fire

Question: What was Anson's work?
Guess: he worked on a farm

Question: did Anson have lots of friends?
Guess: no

Question: Did the hurt Anson felt get worse?
Guess: No

Question: What did Flaxen write about in her letters?
Guess: How happy she was and what she was going to do

Question: Were they long letters?
Guess: no

Question: Did Anson feel he received them often enough?
Guess: no

Question: What did Flaxen write that surprised Anson?
Guess: Flaxen that startled and puzzled him. It was like a cry for help, somehow. "Dear old pap, I wish you was here," and then in another place came the piteous cry, "Oh, I wish I had some folks!"

Question: Did he get letters from Bert?
Guess: no

Question: when did Anson think about him?
Guess: at night when he lay down on his bed

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: was there a particular season that made him think of Bert more?

yes