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Jilly Nines and the Tooth Fairy
“Daddy?”“Yes, Jilly?”“Could you make more stars so the sky at night would be whiter?”“Sure, Jilly. Where should we start?”“I need to see more stars from my bedroom window.”“Okay.”“Daddy?”“Yes, Jilly?”“My loose tooth ...
My Father's Advice - To Share with Jilly Nines
When I was a boyMy dad said to me.Go out in the yardAnd climb up a tree.And while you're up thereTake a good look around.Then when it gets dark,Come back down to the ground....
Jilly Nines - Tightrope Walker
Jilly and I were walking into town from our home taking a road we call Surf Lane. The road is very bumpy, not paved, and the potholes (Jilly calls them pothowls) the potholes remind us of waves on the beach. . . When we walk on the road we sometimes ...
Rhyme Time
Jilly Nines played rhyme-time at school yesterday and two words must have stuck in her memory because she came home singing, "bird, word, bird, word. . . word, bird."It reminded me of the very first 45 rpm record that I bought which was Surfin' Bird...
