Linda J. Woods
"The Gift of the Jumping Goldfish" is a true story children will easily relate to. Many a child has had to deal with the end of a goldfish'sjourney. This special story was actually experienced by Mrs. Woods (the teacher, and author). She has told her students this story as she takes them to the "kids meal deal" place two by two each week. The lesson of taking risks and making good choices is imortant to ponder. So remember to be thankful for all you have and for the blessings in your happy place.
Linda J. Woods was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. She and her husband, Carl, moved to California in 1986. She recently retired from 38 years of teaching. She has enjoyed teaching children and telling them stories from her true life experiences.She is excited about her new writing adventures and sharing her creative talent with young readers. She has had three books published in 2007. The titles are "The Story of Child, Pebble and Friends", "The Gift of the Jumping Goldfish" and "I Don't Even Like Frogs (That Much)!
The teacher received the gift of two goldfish. They swan together in a medium sized bowl. They swam and played and splashed about together in happy, frolicsome play to grow old. Never did little fishy and goldy think that ever they would be left apart. but one sad mornng the teacher found little fishy lying in the bottom of the bowl, it saddened her heart. She took the bowl home so gently to sit beside her sparkly, and so white kitchen sink. She thought ,"I'll remember to feed it now after breakfast clean-up dishes are done, I think!"so it happened one weekend upon her return from a teacher's conference of two days. She came through the door with luggage in hand and noticed a burned odor in the air seemed to say. She asked her husband why the house had an aroma of burned green beans...oh my, what glory! He said, "That is because, I did burn the green beans. But that is not all of the green bean story." That morning when he went to scrub the pan that he had soaked in suds overnight, he found goldy the fish lying oh so still. It gave him quiet an unexpected fright. He took goldy, oh so gently, and placed her back into her bowl to swim in a happy place, at last. Goldy was very grateful to the teacher's husband. Goldy wisked her tail back and forth so fast. goldy's adventurous spirit and playful charm was amazing and spectacular to see. So all was well until that fateful day when terror would visit the teacher's house , oh me!!!......................................................
