Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Mo, the Cave Dog

© 2005 Bonny Hartig. All rights reserved.

Mo, the ancient border collie, was having one of his talkative days. His many offspring knew this so they gathered around him tugging at his ears and his tail, begging for another of his stories.

"Tell us about when you went caving, Grandpa Mo," cried a chubby little roly poly pup who was very much like the old dog in colouring.

Mo looked at him across his big paws, stretched and drew himself up to sit proudly on his haunches.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Elisa and the Spider King

By Paul Arinaga, © 2005 All Rights Reserved.

Elisa was afraid of spiders.

When she saw even an itsy bitsy spider in her room she'd scream. She insisted that her father remove every spider from the house.

She thought about spiders every day, from the moment she woke up until going to bed. She used a flashlight to check for spiders at night, and looked under her bed in the morning, when she wasn't feeling afraid about what she might find there.