Cousin Birdlegs
Can Gullibility REALLY Be Outgrown?
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In the beginning was The Word…
It all began in earnest about the time Cousins Preston and Eldridge hit the G’s in the old
“Easy, trustful, naïve,” muttered thirteen-year-old
“Sounds better’n being a glutton which is what
“’Glutton?’” winced his pudgy sibling. “Guess that means no more thirds on meatloaf, huh?” Brother Eldridge was deeply focused on yet another English essay due dour Mrs. Willa-Rae Weeblefonger first thing Wednesday which meant head-down stress-eating was on the menu for sure.
Preston Gertner whirled around from his battle-scared maple desk, scattering a homework blizzard. He just stared at his elder brother, jaw gaping like whales at a krill feast. Chicken-skin bumps galloped down his arms.
“That’s gross, Eldridge! Anybody dumb enough to eat ‘thirds’ of that stuff should wear a warning sign: ‘Beware! Meatloaf Freak. I eat Mom’s mystery meat – and I like it!’” He then stuck an index finger into his mouth and made a most ungentlemanly noise.
Eldridge dug a chewed yellow pencil into his Weeblefongering. Brother Preston noted with satisfaction the sound of a lead point snapping clean off.
With a satisfied smirk,
“Orville Petersen said that’s how he does it,”
“GA, idiot-boy, yo-GAA.” Eldridge winced as
“One does yoga, and one eats yogurt…” Eldridge suspected
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About the Book
Cousin Birdlegs regales us with hilariously poignant tales of growing up gullible, bowlegged, and daddy-long-legs skinny. Summer by sweltering Iowa summer, she struggles to bloom with grace (thereby avoiding warts wryly threatened by dear Aunt Livie) while surviving "scientific principle" pranks thought up by cousins who will do anything to make the Hawkeyesville reunion less tedious. Blessed by a fertile imagination, Cousin Birdlegs walks us beneath skies awash in dragons breath and shares survival techniques based upon her own peculiarly sideways California logic.
In prose that flows from wacky to wistful, this is a great book for travelers, for teachers, for family read-alouds, and for those who are just desperately in need of a quick reality shift into a world of pure delight.
About the Author
First published in 1965, Lynne Johnston Lewis is the author of humorous fiction, poetry, historical research, technical training manuals, innovative marketing and corporate communications and the recipient of five national awards for technical and fictional works. A sought-after conference speaker known for her wry dry wit, Lewis is a certified asset manager, I.T. project manager, road warrior, Library of Congress researcher, and recent breast cancer survivor. Listed in Who's Who of Women Executives 1991, and Who's Who of American Women 1991-92. An avid international traveler, photographer, and artist, Lewis has works of photography and fiction in progress.