NATHAN AND THE PEDDLER
author unknown
the main person is Nathan. He is very tough
the second main person is Daniel the peddler he travels a lot.
My story starts with a young boy named Nathan he is living with Mrs. Hodges she is an very old lady but she is not like other nice old lady's she was the meanest lady in the whole town she treated Nathan like a slave well any way one day wile he was ploughing the fields a peddler cam along Nathan decided to walk with him to the end of the field after that he went back to misses Hodges house he nocked on the door and when it was opened miss hodges said who said you could go with that peddler so that night he had to sleep in the barnand wile he was trying to go to bed he had a plan he would find his cousin in grantville so the next morning he woke up early to wait for the peddler and when the peddler was finally in sight he called him and told him his planand so they were walking untill they met up with some people that were going to help with a house building and so they followed them till they came there there were half a hundred there were lots then he saw a boy then Nathan decided that he would talk and after that they went and began to be best friends and then the peddler told nathan that he had his wish come true! his cossin was there and the peddler was going to stay the whole winter it was all that he could ask for he loved his new family this was the first time he was really happy.
chloe
Chloe, I remember reading this story when I was a child in the 1950s. I have been looking to find it as it had an impression on me. I do not know where it might be. I was just thinking about it and Googled it and found your blog. Thanks for bringing back the memory. Taras
ReplyDeleteI remember that the old woman would often scold Nathan. In my youthful ignorance, I thought she was scalding the boy. I felt so terrible for Nathan.
ReplyDeleteI have that book with me. The first story is about the family living in a trolley car.
ReplyDeleteI had the book but lost it due to a storm. It was my favorite!
DeleteBook is called "Looking Ahead: Reading for Meaning" by Paul McKee. Mine has a red hard cover and has an owl on it.
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