Granny's Favorite Tales. Carolyn D. Anderson

on>

      

       Granny’s Favorite Tales

       Written by

       Carolyn D. Anderson

       Illustrated by Carolyn D. Anderson and Terry Latterman

      Granny’s Favorite Tales

      Copyright © 2010 by Carolyn D. Anderson

       ISBN-13 978-1-926918-13-6

      Second Edition

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

       Anderson, Carolyn D., 1935-

      Granny’s favorite tales [electronic resource] / written by Carolyn D. Anderson ;

       illustrated by Carolyn D. Anderson and Terry Latterman. – 2nd ed.

      Electronic monograph in PDF format.

      ISBN 978-1-926918-13-6

      I. Latterman, Terry II. Title.

      PZ7.A527Gr 2010 j813'.6 C2010-906261-2

      Illustrated by Carolyn D. Anderson and Terry Latterman.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the express written permission of the publisher.

      Publisher: CCB Publishing

       British Columbia, Canada

       www.ccbpublishing.com

      Contents

Introducing

A Whale of a Tale

       Little Red Bunny

       Mama’s Button Box

       Old Gunnywolf

       Hilda, the Little Hill

INTRODUCING

       CAROLYN D ANDERSON AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR.

       CAROLYN IS AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, “GRANNY’S FARM FRIENDS,” AND ALSO PUBLISHED IN MUSIC.

       CAROLYN WISHES TO DEDICATE THESE STORIES TO HER GRANDCHILDREN AND TO CHILDREN EVERYWHERE. SHE ESPECIALLY WANTS TO THANK HER HUSBAND STEVEN J. ANDERSON WITHOUT WHOSE HELP THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. ALSO SHE THANKS HER ARTIST AND PUBLISHER, CCB PUBLISHING.

       TERESA LATTERMAN IS A SOUTHWEST SCULPTOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. HER PAINTINGS HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON D.C., NEW ORLEANS, HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND MANY OTHER PLACES. SHE ALSO WAS NOMINATED TO THE ACADEMIA ITALIA DELLE ARTI E DEL LAVARO PARMA ITALY. SHE HAS DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE U.S.A. A LINE OF STATIONERY NOTES, CARDS AND WESTERN SOUVENIRS.

A WHALE OF A TALE

       WRITTEN BY CAROLYN D ANDERSON

       ILLUSTRATED BY CAROLYN D ANDERSON

      ONCE UPON A TIME IN A LAND FAR AWAY, WHERE MYSTERY HANGS IN THE AIR AND MAGICAL THINGS ARE HAPPENING EVERYWHERE, LIVED A WHALE.

      NOW, I JUST BET THAT YOU CAN GUESS THAT THIS TAKES PLACE ON THE OCEANS CREST, WHERE THERE ALSO LIVED A BOY.

      NOW, THE WHALE WE’LL CALL JAKE, AND THE BOY WE’LL CALL TOM, OR MAYBE JOHN, OR HOW ABOUT RON OR DON? NO! I THINK I’LL CALL HIM SHAWN.

      NOW ONE DAY JAKE MET SHAWN ONE EARLY DAWN. HE BLEW HIS SPOUT, A SHORT WAY OUT, OFF SHORE. SHAWN HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE.

      “WHEW, THAT FELT GOOD,” SAID JAKE. “I SHOULD THINK IT WOULD,” SAID SHAWN. “HEY, HOW COME YOU CAN TALK?” JAKE YAWNED AND SAID, “COME WITH ME LAD, AND I’LL SHOW YOU SOME THINGS. UNBELIEVABLE THINGS, MAGICAL THINGS, THINGS THAT ON LAND I’M SURE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN. COME ON, CLIMB ABOARD. ALL YOU DO IS JUST GIVE ME THE WORD.”

      SHAWN HOLLERED AS LOUD AS HE COULD. “WHAT WORD I SAY?”

      JAKE SPOUTED BACK, “THE MAGIC WORD IS OK.”

      “OK,” SHAWN YELLED AND THEN THE OCEAN SWELLED AND HE FOUND HIMSELF, NOT OUTSIDE BUT WITHIN. NEXT THING YOU KNOW HE DROPPED INTO A FIN.

      “OH, WHERE AM I?” HE CRIED.

      JAKE ANSWERED, “INSIDE, NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. JUST TAKE HOLD OF MY RIB AND FOLLOW THEM BACK. YOU’LL LIKE WHERE YOU ARE, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?”

      “GUESS I’LL HAVE TO,” SAID SHAWN. “BUT IT’S DARK IN HERE AND I CAN’T SEE TO GO ON.”

      “OH, WAIT, SAID JAKE. I CAN FIX THAT.” AND HE GULPED DOWN A SCHOOL OF NEONS AND SWALLOWED THEM BACK DOWN TO SHAWN.

      “OH, JUST LOOK AT THIS. IT’S LIKE A BIG CAVE. AND JUST LOOK AT THE COLORS, BOY, ARE THEY MELLOW. THERE’S REDS, BLUES, PURPLES, AND EVEN SOME YELLOW.