Just before leaving Sal drops a blueberry into her empty pail.

The man in green reaches for his empty pails and walks toward the door that leads to the other side.

And tell her to bring an empty pail from the springhouse.

She turned away toward her wash basin, holding out the empty pail.

An empty pail is a sign of famine, or bad crops.

He stopped Arkady's answer and set the empty pail down.

He gathered the empty pails and cooking pots together and opened the door.

"I don't believe people should go home with an empty pail," he said.

A sturdy older woman had come with empty pails.

The three boys came by just then, swinging their empty pails and carrying their big brushes.