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Article: Something Extra Special for Mother's Day.(Short Story)
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- Hopscotch
- Article date:
- April 1, 1999
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Tomorrow was Mother's Day. Janie Goose wanted to give Mother something special for Mother's Day -- something she would always remember. But she hadn't any idea what that would be. She had been sitting and thinking about it for two days now!
Janie had thought of giving Mother a golden egg. Every time Mother and Grandmother visited together they talked about some goose that laid nothing but golden eggs. Janie counted her coins. She knew she didn't have enough coins to buy Mother one of those eggs!
Janie Goose sat and thought some more ... Maybe she could take Mother for a ride on the carousel. Mother could ride on any animal she chose -- the elephant, the ...