They say he has made a fortune selling lobsters and renting houses to the summer people.
They could see the mansion above them. It was a large square house, painted white.
There was a full-sized seated skeleton in front of them on the steps. The Walking Skeleton! Benny said.Henry chuckled. No, I guess you’d have to call it the Sitting Skeleton. It’s just sitting there a...
The children ate everything on the table. They ate hamburgers and rolls and tomatoes and beans and corn, and they drank many glasses of milk.
The Butterfly Book, said Jessie. The Shell Book, said Violet. The Flower Book, said Henry. Oh, these three books must belong to a set.
Stop, you boys, cried Henry. Don’t fight the minute you meet. Well, Mike started it, shouted Benny. I did not! You started it, shouted Mike. Boys! said Henry. Stop this minute. Aren’t you friends? We’...
See you day after tomorrow!
Only this flat top is twice as big as a carrier. Benny
Just as she said this, the children heard a horse and cart coming up the road.
Jessie
Jessie knew that, said
If you are a Clown, Be on the lookout For things in a crown.
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Hi, Cousin, she said to Larry, who came into the room.
He almost forgot all about the horse poop until a horse went by and did just that, though not on one of the Aldens’ squares. The crowd cheered as the horse went past. Benny noticed that they didn’t se...
Have you lived here a very long time? the young woman asked the man, who was wearing a fishing vest today. I’m trying to get information about those statues out at Skeleton Point. Nobody seems to know...
Grandfather, there’s something we want to talk to you about.Grandfather looked concerned. There’s nothing wrong, is there?It’s about the Roth house, Benny said. It’s a funny house.Funny? Grandfather a...
Gargoyles
From outside the open window came a gust of cool air. The children snuggled deeper under the fluffy blankets that Aunt Judy had set out for them, and one by one they drifted asleep.
Enough for two more dinners, said Henry, very pleased, and more will grow. Now I will