Page 5 - Molly - A Childrens Story Book written by Corrine Richards

Then one day a big sheep name Jed found out Molly’s se-

cret. One morning Jed was standing under the bread-

fruit tree watching the some of the baby animals as they

ran out into the field. He heard a soft sigh and turned

around and saw Molly watching the baby animals. She

looked so sad. “Molly my girl, why do you look so sad?”

asked Jed in a gentle voice. “Oh, I am O.K.”, said Molly

with a smile. “Look at those little ones; they are so happy

and cute”. Jed looked into Molly’s eyes and saw the sad-

ness in them. “What is wrong Molly”, he said softly. Tell

me and I will see if I can help you”. “It is alright Jed

there is nothing you can do. You see sometimes I wish I

had a little kid of my own to love. But I am fine because

I have all these other little animals to love”. Molly

smiled at Jed and ran out into the field to play with the

baby animals. Jed looked sadly after Molly and wished he

could help her.

There was a big house next door to the farm. A woman

and her son lived in the big house. The son worked in the

city. His mother stayed at home. She had two goats and

some chickens. One day a man in a truck came to the

house. He took the two goats and all the chickens. The

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