Jeremy Chickering
No. 32 in the Cobblestone Circle Series
Well, almost the entire village. Little Jeremy was far from calm. The frustration he had felt over his mother making him do his homework and getting to bed on time was gradually being replaced by sheer excitement over what he knew would definitley, absolutey, positively, just had to be a snow day off from school tomorrow!
And when he awoke very early the next morning his dreams had come true. School was indeed canceled!!! Fueled by the sweet taste of a day of freedom Jeremy hurried through his chores, fidgeted while his mother encased him in layers of warm clothes and finally joined his buddies on the sledding hill.
What made it even sweeter was the fact that his older brother Henry got stuck at home shoveling the driveway! Jeremy shivered as he remembered how Henry liked to walk behind him hitting the tree branches over Jeremy’s head making the snow fall right inside his collar and down his neck. Older brothers! Who needs ’em!
It was a great day of fun ~ riding down the hill ~ building snowmen ~ tunneling out snow forts ~ making snow angels ~ why even their teacher Miss Kittiebittle joined in the snowball fight! Jeremy made a point of telling her what a good student he was because he had already finished every bit of his homework last night.
But all too soon it was time to go home. And as with every child, Jeremy’s energy quickly turned into exhaustion when the fun was over. He simply couldn’t be expected to pull himself and his sled all the way home! Just as the tears were filling his eyes he heard someone calling his name.
It was Henry! A few minutes later as Jeremy was laying on his sled being pulled back home by Henry, he decided that maybe older brothers were a good thing after all ~ well, sometimes . . . . .
~ SOLD ~
February 2008
