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 community named Somewhere, USA. During summers they would swim together every afternoon, except Sundays.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyAnnie moved away to live with her aunt and uncle in Schenectady one Summer. She returned with her new born baby brother Luke. 😕
[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.
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'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'.
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Originally posted by HandyAndy'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)
Why don't we just call it Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg?
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyWas there perhaps another lake nearby called "Whydon'tyoucomeovertomysideitwouldbealotmorefun"?
'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 BobbyWhat age would this story be aimed at?
[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.
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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!
-m.
Edit: Change that to aged 13.... 😀
'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 BobbyWhat happened to the kids who were brave enough to take a swim on a Sunday...?
'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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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.
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Originally posted by coquetteFinding 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.
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