Annie and Jeremiah became friends in first grade. Back then the students were assigned classroom seats in alphabetic sequence by last name. Annie Sullivan and Jeremiah Smith sat next to each other that entire year. As fate would have it, their family homes were situated on either side of a beautiful lake in the small community named Somewhere, USA. During summers they would swim together every afternoon, except Sundays.
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby [b]A Short Story for Children
Annie and Jeremiah became friends in first grade. Back then the students were assigned classroom seats in alphabetic sequence by last name. Annie Sullivan and Jeremiah Smith sat next to each other that entire year. As fate would have it, their family homes were situated on either side of a beautiful lake in the small ...[text shortened]... hey would swim together every afternoon, except Sundays.
(to be continued, with your help)
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Annie moved away to live with her aunt and uncle in Schenectady one Summer. She returned with her new born baby brother Luke. 😕
Originally posted by ChessPraxis Annie moved away to live with her aunt and uncle in Schenectady one Summer. She returned with her new born baby brother Luke. 😕
Summer swims on hot August nights,
the car radio set to XM Love
a frst kiss
stolen before rushing to get home on time.
'YouswimonyoursideandIswimonmysideandnobodyswimsinthemiddle' was the name of the lake Annie and Jay called home that magical summer. Years later they would overhear an interesting conversation, in an ice cream shoppe, about the American Indian Origin of the name. One September afternoon, they checked it out at the town library. Sure enough, those ladies knew the local history well.
'YouswimonyoursideandIswimonmysideandnobodyswimsinthemiddle'
had been taken from the original name of another lake in another town,
'YoufishonyoursideandIfishonmysideandnobodyfishesinthemiddle'.
Why don't we just call it Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg?
'Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg' the original name of another lake (in the town named Webster) and 'YouswimonyoursideandIswimonmysideandnobodyswimsinthemiddle' were often included in Spelling Bees in Mrs Vanston's First Grade Class. Annie always got them both right. Jeremiah was a Math(s) Whiz. Both kids were A+ Star Pupils. (to be continued)
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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby 'Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg' the original name of another lake (in the town named Webster) and 'YouswimonyoursideandIswimonmysideandnobodyswimsinthemiddle' were often included in Spelling Bees in Mrs Vanston's First Grade Class. Annie always got them both right. Jeremiah was a Math(s) Whiz. Both kids were A+ Star Pupils. (to be continued)
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Was there perhaps another lake nearby called "Whydon'tyoucomeovertomysideitwouldbealotmorefun"?
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby [b]A Short Story for Children
Annie and Jeremiah became friends in first grade. Back then the students were assigned classroom seats in alphabetic sequence by last name. Annie Sullivan and Jeremiah Smith sat next to each other that entire year. As fate would have it, their family homes were situated on either side of a beautiful lake in the small ...[text shortened]... hey would swim together every afternoon, except Sundays.
(to be continued, with your help)
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What age would this story be aimed at?
I don't really believe many children under the age of 10, from the majority of backgrounds nowadays, would understand the words....:
assigned
alphabetic sequence
fate
situated
community
except
....in any full understanding at all, if they have ever entertained those words.
Writing for children is writing for them at their true level, and not as you imagine it in your own mind!
'Whydon'tyoucomeovertomysideitwouldbealotmorefun' became the lake's secret name among teenagers who liked to park beneath the moon on summer nights and laugh and kiss and drink beer. Annie and Jay still preferred lemonade. (to be continued)
Editor's Footnote: "A Short Story for Children" is recommended for imaginative children between the ages of 5 and 105.
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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby 'Whydon'tyoucomeovertomysideitwouldbealotmorefun' became the lake's secret name among teenagers who liked to park beneath the moon on summer nights and laugh and kiss and drink beer. Annie and Jay still preferred lemonade. (to be continued)
Editor's Footnote: "A Short Story for Children" is recommended for imaginative children between the ages of 5 and 105.
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What happened to the kids who were brave enough to take a swim on a Sunday...?
Annie and Jeremiah's Parents believed Sunday's should be set aside for family visits with grandparents and uncles and aunts. Annie's kin lived just over the line in Rhode Island, while Jeremiah's were located in a skiing resort community in Vermont. More than once the children complained about being treated unfairly. Both parent's (who played Cribbage together on Thursday nights) assured them that being apart would give them a chance to miss each other in a good way. In Winter, the two played Scrabble and Battleship or built Forts and made Snow Angels in their yards.
Originally posted by coquette So, Uncle Andy explained that babies came from far far away
and they were brought by the stork
the young children nodded with smiling eyes, faces all aglow
as they searched for babies and stork on their iPods
Finding that Uncle Andy had erred they decided to head over to the fillin' station to cable him with their discovery. Gubber said that during last nights storm the line had been damaged and they'd have to come back once the problem was rectified.
A Short Story for Children
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