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Andy tries to find a plant called Ginseng in order to help raise enough money to keep Soddy instead of selling him for veal. |
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Mike really wants a dog. One day a dog, which he named speckles, followed him home. He finds a person who they think is the owner of the dog, and they have a contest to see who the rightful owner of the dog is. |
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Shan finds a big bull black snake sunning in the clover. He knows his mother wouldn’t let him keep the snake so he hides it in the cornbin. |
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Red mule is a man who worked with mules his whole life and he loved them. Now tractors were coming into use everybody laughed at him for still using his mules. Everyone except for a little boy name Scrappie. Together they try to show everyone that there are a lot of things that mules can do better than tractors. |
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Shan’s family trades grocery bags for money so they can get what they need. Shan wants to buy a candy bar and some lemon soda with the left over money. He cheats the cashier by hiding a bag with a hole in it to get more money to buy candy and learns a valuable lesson about honesty. |
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David finds a sick dog and names him Orphan then he takes him to see Dr. Boliver Tessie to find a cure for him. |
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This poem describes the way Jesse Stuart viewed Kentucky; it’s landscapes, seasons, and traditions. Jesse Stuart was Kentucky’s poet laureate fron 1954 to 1984. Click to see a worksheet of poetic terms based on this poem. |
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This puzzle is based on the “Appalachian Culture” webpage in this website. |
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This matching quiz is based on the literary terms glossary found in this website. |
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