A Little Golden Book
By Olga Cabral
Pictures by Tibor Gergely
Copyright 1948
“There were once a bunny, a kitten and a dog who lived
together in a back yard.” And everyone
was happy.
So begins this apparently
sweet children’s story. But wait…along
comes the rag man with his horse and cart when suddenly, “ah-choo!” Not just one hearty sneeze, but one right
after another! First the bunny’s ears
blow off and land on the cat’s head. The
goose’s feathers are all sneezed off. A little
girl stands crying because her braids were sneezed right off her head. Fortunately, they eventually catch up with the rag man,
and with the help of a little pepper, he sneezes his biggest sneezes yet, and
puts everything right again.
It just goes to show you how quickly a peaceful, happy day
can change! You never know when
something will happen to throw everything off kilter. But hopefully, like in the story of The Seven
Sneezes, by the end of the day (or week, or month, or year) everything will be
put right again!
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