Thursday, April 10, 2008

sunday scribblings - fearless

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Little Johnny and his friend Maria were always together. They liked the same things. Mr Men books, glove puppets and jumping up and down! Johnny quite liked Maria's dolls, but he didn’t tell the other boys, and Maria loved playing with Johnny’s toy cars but she didn’t tell her sister.

One day they played dare! Johnny dared Maria to pick up a wriggly worm and she did! Maria dared Johnny to touch some slimy frog spawn and he did.

Then along came Johnny’s brother Harry. He was not frightened of anything. He once crawled up the slide in the park, and climbed a tree to get an apple. And last Christmas he even ate a sprout! Yuc!

Harry started doing daring things. He let a caterpillar walk up his arm, and he spun round and round until he was giddy. He picked one of Daddy’s flowers, but that was really a bit naughty.

Then Maria ran up to him holding a big brown hairy spider behind her back. She told Harry to close his eyes and hold out his hand. She put it on his palm and asked him to open his eyes. Harry took one look, screamed and ran down the garden.

He was not so fearless after all!
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13 comments:

  1. This is a delightful childrens' story! I would have run from that hairy spider too. But just the other day I tried to eat a sprout again. Yuc!

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  2. Keith great post but see Girls can do anything that boys can do but we do do it better lol.

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  3. Just visiting to see how you are doing. Hope everything is fine. What a great story. I am happy we didn't have that dare game in Holland. I am quite a wuzz as my children tell me. What a great picure of these tulips at the top of your blog. Bye and LOH Lots of hugs

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  4. This was such a cute story. Yes! girls are getting better at conquering their fears better now. And your cursor is so apt...

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  5. this was so much fun Keith! (I had forgotten about those little Mr.Men books!) My kids loved them. I was starting to think this was going to be a 'you show me Yours, I'll show you mine' kind of story! So happy it went the sweet route! ♥

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  6. I have no problem with snakes or worms but I'd be WAY ahead of Johnny if you put a spider in my hand. {shudder}

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  7. A really fun story. Enjoyed it.

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  8. Oh no, he was not so fearless!

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  9. I have directed my youngest nephew to your story blog.

    He is gonna enjoy all the stories!

    shapely ghosts

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  10. Laughing - this is a story that resonates with most of us, I'll bet. A great kid's tale!

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  11. although i have little fear of a little house spider... dont even get me near a tarantula or a banana spider or a recluse!!!!! heavens no,,, of that i am scared to panic!!!!

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  12. What fun!!! I love to write and illustrate children's stories! great SS post!

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