Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul (35 page)
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Authors: Jack Canfield
Baby’s Ears.
Reprinted by permission of Valerie Allen. ©1998 Valerie Allen.
Kindness is Contagious.
Reprinted by permission of Kristin Seuntjens. ©1998 Kristin Seuntjens.
Do You Have Your Wallet?
Reprinted by permission of Laksman Frank and Mitchell Frank. ©1998 Laksman Frank.
Small Talk.
Reprinted by permission of the authors. ©1998 Vanessa Breeden and Stuart Breeden. ©1998 Lois Wooster Gopin. ©1998 Meg Conner. ©1998 Bader Alshammeri and Norma Alshammeri. ©1998 Elizabeth Cornish and Barbara Cornish. ©1998 Melanie Hansen and Patricia J. Hansen. ©1998 Erin Althauser and Sheryl Althauser. ©1993 Dr. Sherry L. Meinberg. ©1998 Joshua Cantrell and William Cantrell. ©1998 Mark Victor Hansen.
The Day I Figured Out That No One Is Perfect.
Reprinted by permission of Ellie Logan and Clare S. Logan. ©1998 Ellie Logan.
The Little Notice.
Reprinted by permission of Kenan Thompson. ©1998 Kenan Thompson.
Teenagers.
Reprinted by permission of Melissa Mercedes and Reina Mercedes. ©1998 Melissa Mercedes.
My Guardian Angel.
Reprinted by permission of Travis Ebel and Melissa J. Ebel.
©1998 Travis Ebel.
Grandpa’s Bees.
Reprinted by permission of Barbara Allman. ©1998 Barbara Allman.
The Flying Fish.
Reprinted by permission of Megan Niedermeyer and Patricia Niedermeyer and Killeen Anderson. ©1998 Megan Niedermeyer and Killeen Anderson.
Mother Says. . . .
Reprinted by permission of Martha Bolton. ©1996 Martha Bolton.
What I’ve Learned So Far.
Reprinted by permission of the authors. ©1998 Andrea Gwyn, Samantha Jean Fritz, Michelle Nicole Rodgers, Katie Adnoff, Natalie Citro, Alle Vitrano, Amanda Smith, Ashlee Gray, Katie Fata, Ronnie Evans, Ben Hall, Maria McLane, Benjamin Mitchell, Pat Wheeler’s fourth-grade class, Tracey Alvey’s fourth-grade class, Ashley Parole, Nedim Pajevic, Becky Rymer, Karen Perdue, Philip Maupin, Elvis Hernandez, Erika Towles, Geoff Rill, Corey Schiller, David Neira, Lauren Aitch, Evan de Armond, Mikie Montmorency, Raelyn Ritchie.
An Act of Co-Creation.
Reprinted by permission of James E. Conner. ©1998 James E. Conner.
Table of Contents
KELLY, THE FLYING ANGEL
THE TOWER
UNCLE CHARLIE
THE GAME OF LOVE
“WHERE’S MY KISS, THEN?”
THE VISIT
THE FIRE TRUCK
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MY FRIEND
THERE’S AN ALIEN ON THE INTERNET
SEEING, REALLY SEEING
KIM LI, THE GREAT
EDNA MAE: FIRST LESSON IN PREJUDICE
THE CONNECTION
THE FAVORITE VASE
A FRIEND . . .
BEST FRIENDS
ALL I WOULD EVER NEED
MY FRIEND ANTHONY
NO DAD?!
TERROR ON ROUTE 83
WATCHING FOR THE MIRACLE
DADDY’S GIRL . . . AT LONG LAST
FROM THE HEART
A BROTHER’S LOVE
SECRETS THAT MADE PAUL SPECIAL
GOAT’S TOBACCO
MY GRANDFATHER’S GIFT
SILENT NIGHT, CRYSTAL NIGHT
GREEN SALAMI
GOING, GOING, GONE
YOUR NAME IN GOLD
FATHER’S DAY
MOM’S DUCK
4. ON ATTITUDE AND PERSPECTIVE
THE BOBSLEDDER’S JACKET
THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS BLACK OR WHITE
WHAT’S WRONG WITH A B+?
JUST BEN
THE GREEN BOOTS
SHOWING UP
THE PEST
A GOOD REASON TO LOOK UP
CLOSE CALL
THE FLOOD
THE MAN WHO HAD PLENTY
THE PERFECT DOG
TO BE ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS
THE PURPLE BELT
B. J.
THE PERFECT ANGEL
SOMEONE TO HOLD ONTO
REBECCA’S RAINBOW
ONE RAINBOW WASN’T ENOUGH
A NIGHTMARE COME TRUE
LESSONS FROM GOD
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
THE LITTLE GIRL WHO DARED TO WISH
THE PLAYGROUND
DREAMS OF THE CHILDREN
BATGIRL
G-O-O-O-A-A-A-A-L-L-L-L!
WITH EVERY FOOTSTEP
THE ROCK CLUB
SOCKS FOR KERRY
JUST ASK
GRANDFATHER LEARNS TO READ
SCHOOL—MOVING UP
IN CONTROL
THE SANDBOX
WHAT A YEAR
DEAR GOD, THIS IS CHARLES
MISSY AND ME
THE MIRACLE OF LIFE
GOODWILL
PUTTING MY BEST FOOT FORWARD
UNDERSTANDING
NINE GOLD MEDALS
WITHOUT A NIGHTLIGHT
NOBODY KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE
THE NEW HOUSE AND THE SNAKE
I FOUND A TINY STARFISH
GET HELP NOW!
THE BIG DIRECTOR
I LOVE HER MORE THAN EVER
DEAR MOMMA
MY DAD
SMOKING IS COOL. . . . NOT!
DARE RAP
I’M NOT DANA
NO HOME
BABY’S EARS
KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS
DO YOU HAVE YOUR WALLET?
SMALL TALK
THE DAY I FIGURED OUT THAT NO ONE IS PERFECT
THE LITTLE NOTICE
TEENAGERS
MY GUARDIAN ANGEL
GRANDPA’S BEES
THE FLYING FISH
MOTHER SAYS . . .
WHAT I’VE LEARNED SO FAR