Parade!

It’s time for the parade! It’s time for the parade, cried Asher. A parade? Whatever reason could there be for a parade? Asher’s elephant was anxious to find out. Asher and his sister were getting cloth bags together and they ran out to the street. There were people lined up and down the sidewalks. Some were sitting in chairs and some were standing. Kids ran back and forth across the street, a street that suddenly had no cars! Would the parade go right by their house? Suddenly Asher’s elephant heard sirens off in the distance and then he could hear the boom, boom, boom of a band. Oh, how exciting! After a few moments Asher’s elephant could see people coming down the road. Some carried banners, some rode on bicycles, and some walked along. Now there were different vehicles coming: funny cars, old cars, big trucks, tractors, motorcycles, and floats! The people in the parade threw candy to the children, they handed out necklaces, even toothbrushes! There were Army trucks and fire trucks and even police cars. As they came by they honked their horns or sounded their sirens. When some people came by holding the American flag, everyone stood and put their hand over their heart as it went by, even Asher’s elephant. Asher and his sister ran all around catching candy and putting it in their bags. Asher’s elephant looked around for a special piece of candy for himself. He saw a lollipop, he saw some gum, he saw a jawbreaker; oh, how fun. What do you think he picked?

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Pool

Asher’s elephant heard some splashing and laughing. It sounded like Asher and his sister were playing in a pool. They were jumping in like cannon balls, kicking water high in the air, and swimming back and forth from side to side. Sometimes they would dive down deep and stand on their hands so only their toes tipped out of the water like fish trying to catch flies. They threw balls back and forth to each other in the water. They dropped coins and let them sink, swimming down to the bottom to retrieve them. They also lay on rafts and floated on big foam noodles. They sat on the noodles like they were horses on a merry-go-round, and they clung to them like they were big branches on a tree. Asher put one of the noodles under water and blew air through one end of the noodle to the other. Water sprayed out! Asher’s elephant could do that too. He could slurp up water in his trunk and spray it all over himself. He could spray water across a room. Asher’s elephant wished he could go to the pool too. He would jump off the diving board like a cannon ball and make a great big splash. He would do hand stands too. He would also throw coins down into the bottom of the pool and swim down deep to retrieve them. Most of all, Asher’s elephant wanted to go to a pool with a big slide so he could slide down really fast and skip across the surface of the water like a stone skipping across a lake. After a few bounces he would just set down into the water, take a deep breath, roll over on his back, and just float.


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Running

Asher's elephant could tell they were running. The tall grass was flying by, birds were singing, and there were flowers all around.  They were running down a small path through a big field.  Where were they going and why was Asher running so fast?  Asher's sister was several steps ahead of them.  All around them butterflies and grasshoppers got out of the way.  With the tall grass waving in the wind, it was a little hard to see the path, which was no more than a divide or part among the stalks.  They passed a row of potato plants, some blackberry bushes, and then emerged into a lawn of freshly cut grass and clover, like they were in someone's back yard.  It wasn't a yard though, neither front nor back, but an open area on either side of a stream.  The stream ran swiftly over small rocks and pebbles.  Huge walnut trees stood by the steam as though they were cows pausing on a hot day to cool their feet.  Asher's sister splashed into the stream, sending sparkling drops of water flying through the air.  Asher followed with a splish and a splash; such fun for the first day of June!

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The Giant

It was time for bed and Asher and his sister wanted a story about a giant.  That night Asher's elephant dreamed that he was a giant.  His big feet were even bigger.  His huge ears were even more huge.  His bed was as big as ten beds pulled together.  His dinner plate was as big as a table.  His fork was as big as a rake, and his spoon was as big as a shovel.  For breakfast he had to eat twenty bowls of cereal to feel full.  At lunch Asher's elephant had to eat 30 hotdogs to feel full, and at dinner he had to eat spaghetti with twenty meatballs.  The best part was when he had 45 scoops of ice cream for dessert!  Asher's elephant liked being a giant because his long legs could help him travel faster than he ever had before.  He also like being a giant because he was too big to fit in any classroom, so he got to go out to recess all day, every day!

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