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Virginia Kay White
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Little Honker's Patriotic Paws
Children's Books
Author Insight
Processing Memory
Setting is a character. It interacts with other characters in a story and determines what others can and cannot do. I actually revisited my Wyoming days as part of the setting in this book. Celebrating Frontier Days was a magical event and included in a little different way in Patriotic Paws. I used many of the events from Frontier Days and put them into the Independence Day celebration. In the latter part of the story, the fireworks display during the July 4th celebration causes the band members to react in various ways. Most are scared and run. Weezie is frozen on stage. We all react differently to settings and each other. Sometimes it takes time to process our reactions and move forward. This is what I added at the end of the story.
Book Excerpt
Little Honker's Patriotic Paws
Even though Kari and Kris told the band there would be fireworks, none of them were prepared for this outcry in the sky. Every member of the band started racing off the stage and into the audience for protection.
Kari and Kris were desperately trying to catch band members and get them into their spaceships. The felines went up and down the aisles, jumped into group gatherings on the ground, and howled like tigers.
And then Weezie broke her promise. She wanted to run, but she had no idea where she could go. All the band members created a huge blob for her and she panicked. She gave a little mew-like sound in desperation, but of course no one could hear her. She felt lost and feared for her life. Not only was there color in the sky and noise louder than anticipated, but there was an unwanted smell. A very strong and unpleasant smell. No question. Skunk Perfume.
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