Gabriel
Everything was going along just fine until Mama caught me cutting out of the circles of tin with her scissors. I always swore she could find the biggest switches of any woman in the Ozarks.
Didn’t know why I was holding my breath because I knew that the old saying of how you could hold your breath and nothing would sting you was pure hogwash. I had tried that before and it hadn’t worked...
Coaxed,
Anxious
With a heavy heart, I turned and walked away. I knew that as long as I lived I'd never forget the two little graves and the sacred red fern.
No, Billy, not every time. He only answers the ones that are said from the heart. You have to be sincere and believe in Him.
Men, said Mr. Kyle, people have been trying to understand dogs ever since the beginning of time. One never knows what they'll do. You can read every day where a dog saved the life of a drowning child,...
I have never been back to the Ozarks. All I have left are my dreams and memories, but if God is willing, some day I’d like to go back—back to those beautiful hills. I’d like to walk again on trails I...
Daisy smiled and said, Jay Berry, you won’t die. You may think you will, but you won’t. In a day or two, you’ll be as good as new, I hope. You’re just saying that because you heard Papa say it, I said...
After the last shovel of dirt was patted in place, I sat down and let my mind drift back through the years. I thought of the old K. C. Baking Powder can, and the first time I saw my pups in the box at...
Than anyone in the country. I didn’t care how many deals Grandpa cooked up. He was still the best grandpa in the whole wide world. What have you got? I asked. Come over to the store, he said, and I’ll...
Looked over to where I had dropped my net. There it was right where I had dropped it; wide open and not a monkey in it. I couldn’t believe it. How on earth could the little monkeys have gotten out of...
We’re going to build a big pen out of that chicken wire, he said. It’ll have a top on it and a door with a snap latch. We’ll put those coconuts right in the center of the pen and leave the door open....
There is a little good in all evil.
People have been trying to understand dogs ever since the beginning of time. One never knows what they'll do. You can read every day where a dog saved the life of a drowning child, or lay down his lif...
Looking to the mountains around us, I saw that the mysterious artist who comes at night had paid us a visit. I wondered how he could paint so many different colors in one night; red, wine, yellow, and...
Grandpa, I asked, what good’s it going to do us, knowing his name? It might do a lot of good, Grandpa said. This trainer says that if you could make friends with that monkey he would probably do anyth...
On hearing this remark, my heart jumped clear up in my throat.. I thought surely it was going to hop right out on the depot platform. I looked up and tried to tell him who I was, but something went wr...
Old Dan must have known he was dying. Just before he drew his last breath, he opened his eyes and looked at me. Then with one last sigh, and a feeble thump of his tail, his friendly gray eyes closed f...