Tales of the Sugar Hollow Twins
And Their Very Most Favorite Stories Book #2
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"Chad!" Markee pleaded. "Stop stomping around in the mud puddles and get back under the umbrella." Chad continued stomping around in the pools of water. The path that led to Grams’ house through the park was well worn; providing many places for the raindrops to gather. "You are getting soaking wet," Markee scolded. "You will be in big trouble when we get back to Grams." "Just because you are a girl it doesn’t mean you are the boss!" Chad replied. Markee jumped over a puddle and said, "I’m not trying to be the boss. Grams is going to be awfully angry with you. Do you want your throat to start hurting all over again and spoil our visit with her?" Just then the rain started coming down very hard. Chad ran to join Markee under the umbrella. He couldn’t resist stomping one last puddle – right next to Markee. Markee jumped to one side to avoid being splashed. "Oh, look," she cried, and ran to the side of the path. "Hey," Chad shouted. "I thought you told me to get under the umbrella. Now I really am getting soaked! Bring it back!" "Come here," Markee said. "Look at the spescada. It is clinging to the tree and shedding its skin." "When are you going to learn to say cicada. Even I know that," Chad chided. Markee ignored the comment and said, "Look, you can see right through the wings. What a beautiful green color they are. I didn’t know something so pretty could come from that hard, brown old shell."
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1. SPESCADA - The Sugar Hollow Twins are on a visit to Grams one summer. While walking in the rain, Markee discovers cicadas clinging to the trees. She continually says 'spescada' and Chad is annoyed listening to her. The children watch, as a cicada sheds its skin. That morning, in - c, Bible Class, the teacher had referred to good deeds and bad deeds as piles of clean clothes and piles of dirty clothes. The children discuss the meaning of the story while walking on the path to Grams. Grams is waiting with fresh baked cookies. She explained the story while the children enjoy milk and cookies. Markee continued to tease Chad with 'spescada.' Grams helped Chad to learn patience with his teasing sister. 2. BLUEBERRY RUN - Jason and a neighboring farmer, Mr. Casey, climb the mountain to pick blueberries. Jason didn't keep Mr. Casey's red suspenders in view. He became lost from Mr. Casey and very frightened. Running wildly through the woods and down the mountain, then up the neighboring mountain, Jason kept calling for Mr. Casey. Finally, he sat to rest, fell asleep, and remembered something Dad had said to do when you are lost. 3. BANISHMENT OF THE BOISTEROUS BASSOON. - The bassoon is excited when he is chosen to join the orchestra. But the orchestra cannot play beautiful music because the bassoon is playing so loud that they cannot find their notes. The bassoon is banished from the orchestra. 4. DANE DANE THE GREAT DANE AND LITTLE TERRY TERRIOR - Terry Terrier is excited to be at the Derby and very much wants his old masters horse to win the race. Dane Dane The Great Dane who is braggadocios and speaks only in rhyme, and enjoys making the little Terrier feel inferior, is certain that his masters horse will win the race. However, Little Terry Terrier saves the Great Dane from drowning and they become friends.
About the Author
The author and her husband have three sons and seven grandchildren. She realized during her grammar school years that she enjoyed writing children’s stories and learned to save, in memory or on paper, the wonderful things that children say and do. Her stories are fiction based on these memories. On May 14, 1990, The Tennessee Historical Commission awarded this author a Certificate of Merit for having made significant contributions to the preservation of historical and architectural heritage of Tennessee.