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Author Insight
Asking for Help
FROM the PRAIRIE HEN or the Little Red Hen ----> When we have a task, we might think too hard for us, some of us ask for help and are turned down. This can be upsetting. The little hen is not upset and can do what she must in order to make life easier for her and her children. I love this story because it is my Grandma Bessie. When we visited, mean, cranky step-grandpa was in his rocking chair demanding, and Grandma served him. He saved her and her four children when her husband died early. My Grandma had a garden, cherry and apple trees, a pond full of fish, chickens, a goat, lots of cats, and six children. She made her bread in a wooden stove and had a water pump in her kitchen. She did all this herself. I figured if Grandma could do in her world so her granddaughter could. I've 'taken on' being unable to spell and write my stories. To the little hen story, I added a helper, they are out there, only, beware of demanding bullies.
Book Excerpt
Damsels Overcome
On our way to the thistles walking around the hill, I saw Ground Hog with all his family.
“Hello, Ground Hog, will you help me plant these seeds?”
“Not I!” barked Ground Hog, “I like my hill. My family digs and eats the roots of grasses.” He chewed on a root as if the best food in the prairie.
“Cluck! I will plant these myself.”
We walked down the path towards home.
SWISH! BLOCK! “AcKkkkk?”
Fox found us.
“ FAST!” “ RUN!” “HIDE!”
Jack Rabbit jumped in front of us. “I scared you!”
“Yes you did, Jack Rabbit.” My chicks come from the tall grasses.
“Will you help me plant these seeds?”
“Not I!” said Jack Rabbit, “I like the sweet flowers and green grass in the open field where I can see.” Off over the grasses, he hopped.
“Cluck! I will plant these myself.”
My chicks and I crossed the creek and saw Musk Rat pulling up watercress.
“Hello, Musk Rat, will you help me plants these seeds?”
“Not I!” garbled Musk Rat. “I love eating the lettuce and the moss in my creek.” Into the water, she dived.
“Cluck! I will do it myself.”
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