Category: Short Stories

Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales

Stuart, Ruth McEnery, 1856-1917· 2 chapters· 24,642 words

The black duck had a hard time of it from the beginning--that is, from the beginning of her life on the farm. She had been a free wild bird up to that time, swimming in the bay, playing hide-and-seek with her brothers and sisters and cousins among the marsh reeds along the ban...

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2. Chapter 2

Quackalina thought she had laid twice as many as ten eggs in the nest, but she could not be quite sure, and neither could Sir Sooty, though he thought so, too.

1. Chapter 1

The black duck had a hard time of it from the beginning--that is, from the beginning of her life on the farm. She had been a free wild bird up to that time, swimming in the bay,...