Outhouse

“Why, Mizz Mouse, you fainted. Didn’t know what else to do with you, what with your baby all tied to you and all your totes.” “Mrs. Mouse? The name is Mrs. Henri LeSouris. My son is named Henry. Do you always stare, Mr. Sykes?” “Jasper,” he raised a hand to his bare head as though to tip his hat, then lowered it, looking even more embarrassed. “Do when someone talks to me and I want to know what they says?” She looked puzzled and he continued to talk, “Can kind of tell from how they move their…

“You need to go back to work,” Charlie said as she sat on top of the fence, observing Bass as he chopped wood out by her Grandpa’s barn. Stopping for a moment, Bass wiped his arm across his forehead before swinging the axe once again. “I do, huh?” he grunted knocking the wood out of the way before grabbing another log to split. “Uh huh. Otherwise, you’ll be joining me in la la land sooner rather than later.” “Don’t do that,” he huffed, swinging the axe again before leaving where it lay…

Overcoming Personal Adversities Ralph Blum once said, “The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings”. In reality, obstacles can be too harsh for one to handle, potentially resulting in loss and tragedy, though sometimes in life harsh obstacles can in fact result in positivity. The oppressive societies in Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale put forth the idea of overcoming adversity. The authors recognize that some…

All too soon, the truck slid to a halt beside an overgrown path used as his driveway. "This is your stop, Talbot," he said in a rather abrupt manner. "You guys aren't coming?" They all looked at each other. "I don't think so," offered Jim. "Ya see, yer uncle is crazy. We heard rumors that some people who go back there never come back out." The others shook their heads in agreement. I didn't blame them. I had heard those same rumors whispered when people thought I couldn't hear. I didn't…

Adult Hunt 2 Book 2 Holodeck Maze Games Unpublished work Copyright 2015 Roselinda Johnson, Ed.D. Adult Hunt 2 Finally, all the 50 contestants and their parents had arrived and were in their appointed room assignments. I am sure that all the technical equipment and luxury of their surroundings impressed them all. The parents did not know what was in store for them because they were not given all the information that the contestants were given. After the time for the Holodeck…

Each had his own following, and there were some violent debates. At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times. He was especially successful with the sheep. Of late the sheep had taken to bleating ‘Four legs good, two legs bad’ both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this. It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into ‘Four legs good,…