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    The Life & Times of Little David Stone: Book Two - Second through Fourth Grades
    The Life & Times of Little David Stone: Book Two - Second through Fourth Grades
    The Life & Times of Little David Stone: Book Two - Second through Fourth Grades
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    The Life & Times of Little David Stone: Book Two - Second through Fourth Grades

    By Dave Stone

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    Little David Stone found trouble around every corner, but he always turned it into something good. As he ran with friends and classmates, he always had a lot of fun. This little book shares tales from second through the fourth grades, tales of monsters and bee stings, lightning strikes and rock fights, farmyards and playgrounds. You can't believe what might happen, though you're about to find out.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDave Stone
    Release dateMar 10, 2013
    ISBN9781301825677
    The Life & Times of Little David Stone: Book Two - Second through Fourth Grades
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    Dave Stone

    Dave Stone is Senior Pastor of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, where he preaches Truth to more than 21,000 people each weekend. He and his wife, Beth, have three children: Savannah, Sadie, and Sam, and a son-in-law, Patrick. Dave believes the most practical way to spread the gospel is through moms and dads who model a genuine faith for their children.

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      The Life & Times of Little David Stone - Dave Stone

      The Life & Times

      of Little David Stone

      Book Two

      Second through Fourth Grades

      by Dave Stone

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 – Dave Stone

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or in any means without the express written consent of the author.

      readadventurebooks@gmail.com

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      Illustrations by Edson Saenz

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      Table of Contents

      One Afternoon at the Cousins’ House

      Old Man Hazel

      Second Grade

      The Playground

      Down on the Farm

      Quarters and Dimes

      Bees

      Puddle Jumper

      Sick Day

      Uncle Joe

      Homework

      Tetherball

      Rocks

      The Swimmer

      The Swing

      The Mirror

      Turkeys

      Little Kelvin Banks

      Under the Bed

      One Afternoon at the Cousins’ House

      It was now the summer before second grade. I had already left first grade behind me. We dropped in at the cousins’ house one day, just for a quick visit. We piled out of the car and went inside. Something was going on in there. All of the adults and most of the kids were down the hall in front of the bathroom door. They were fiddling around with the doorknob, and they didn’t seem to be able to get in. It seems that my cousin Earl, only three years old, had somehow locked himself in there.

      How did he lock the door? my mother asked.

      We have no idea, Aunt Lorna said, laughing. Lorna was my mom’s sister.

      He’s got the key in there with him, said Uncle Harry. Harry was Lorna’s husband.

      It’s an old skeleton key, Lorna said, and it’s the only one we have.

      This scared me. What was a skeleton key? I tried to picture it in my mind, but nothing seemed to make sense. I imagined a skeleton walking down a darkened hallway, key in hand, happy and willing to open the bathroom door. Then I pictured a key made of skeleton bones, with the fingers of its hand reaching out to unlatch the lock. Whatever a skeleton key was, it kind of gave me the chills, and I tried not to think about it. I went outside and played with my cousins for awhile. The sun was shining but dark clouds were beginning to gather. They didn’t bother us. We went out to the barn and played cowboys and Indians, and we were having a good time.

      David? David! My mom was yelling at me so I ran back towards the house.

      David, we need your help, mom said. We need you to help get Earl out of the bathroom.

      How can I help? I asked. I was a little bit nervous. I wanted nothing to do with any old skeleton key.

      There’s a window above the bathtub, Uncle Harry said, and we want you to crawl in there. You’re small enough to get through the window, but you’re big enough to open the lock. Do you think you can help? Harry asked. He smiled and I nodded. We went around to the back of the house where I saw that they already had the window pushed open, and there was a stepladder pushed up against it. I climbed to the top of the ladder and poked my head through. Earl was sitting on the floor in the middle of the bathroom. He seemed as happy as a lark.

      Hi David, he said. He seemed excited to see me. I looked around, wondering how I could get in there without falling headfirst into the bathtub.

      David, come back out here, Uncle Harry said. I backed out, wondering what he wanted.

      Give me your hands, he said. We’ll poke you in there feet first. I’ll ease you down as far as I can reach, and then drop you into the tub. It will be just a short drop. Do you think you can do that? I nodded. I seemed to have little choice in the matter.

      He popped me through the window and slowly lowered me down. Outside the window, thunder boomed.

      Even though I knew he was going to drop me, I still landed hard. I hit my head on the side of the tub and it hurt. Earl laughed. I sat in the tub and rubbed my head, and then I climbed out and plucked the key from Earl’s hand. It was a pretty ordinary key really, and I still had no idea why it was called a skeleton key. I opened the door and, much to my surprise, everyone ignored me. They just

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