Story Time
Featuring: Happy Times by Guy L. Bond
(1954)
Excerpts from a chapter entitled, "Fun with
Jerry"
Jerry
lived on a farm.
He lived in a big house with Mother and
Daddy.
There were many things to do on the farm.
A boy
could have fun there.
Jerry had a
dog.
His name was Barky.
Barky lived in a little house.
Jerry
made it for him.
One morning Barky came to the window of the farm
house.
'Bow wow, bow wow,' he said.
Jerry looked out of the
window.
'Good morning, Barky,' he said.
'Is it time to get
up?'
'Bow wow,' said Barky.
He made his tail go fast.
...'You are going to have
a surprise,' said Mother.
'Some one is coming today.
Guess who
it is.'
'I can guess,' said Jerry.
'It is Lee.
Is Uncle Tom
coming?
Will Aunt Betty come, too?'
'Yes,' answered
Mother.
'They are coming on the train.
They will be here
soon.'
Jerry was glad when the train came.
He ran to his uncle
and aunt.
'I am glad to see you,' he said.
Then he ran to
Lee.
'We can have good times on the farm,' he said.
'I am glad
you came.'
'Thank you,' said Lee.
'I am glad to be here.
We
can have fun every day.
Look at Barky jump on me.
He is glad to
see me, too.'
Do not we all wish
we had a
friend like Barky?
Or even a friend named Barky?
*sigh*.
And people were so *polite* in the 50s.
Positively
warms the heart. Mmm? What? The cookbook aisle? Yes - right over there.
We hope you have all
enjoyed
this month's story.
Next month - Jerry's friend Choto
(the circus elephant)
and excerpts from Kant's _Critique of Pure
Reason_.