Harmony School, 2000, Page 52

Description:	Cloud of ResponsibilityThere lives a brood of children. Their names areAdventure, Curiosity, Playfulness, Carefree, Rascal,Freedom and Inventive. Adventure got her namebecause she always wanders off from the bunch.Curiosity got his name because he eats bugs to see howthey taste. Playfulness got her name due to her urge toplay. Carefree got his name because he never gets madat you and if he does, he doesnt stay mad for long.Rascal got his name because he gets into mischief andteases others. How do I describe Freedom? She haslong hair that hangs loose and she is very independent.Inventive got her name because she loves to come upwith new ideas and she likes to invent.Every day the children wake up and smell the roses.They are ready for the day and very hungry. Theyclimb down the branches of a ginkgo tree where theysleep in their nest. The air is nippy and it smells likefruits and nuts and flowers. Breakfast is ready to begathered. They gather grapes from vines, nuts fromwalnut trees, apples from apple trees, bananas frombanana trees, sunflower seeds, violets and sour grass.During the day, the brood swings in the sycamore treesand flies off the branches into the pond. While theyare in the water they bathe. The children run carefreeduring the day, jumping up and down the hills. Rollingdown the hills is one of the most fun activities for thechildren.When it is time to go to sleep, they all climb up thebranches of the ginkgo tree into their nest and fall fastasleep.Just after the children awaken, Curiosity has apremonition that something bad will happen. Thechildren climb down from their nest slowly becausethey are afraid. On the horizon, dark clouds areforming. Playfulness is trembling in fear. The childrenknow that when the dark clouds come their childhoodends and responsibility begins. They form a circle andhug. They fall asleep and when they wake up they arein a school at 909 East Second Street. Their names havechanged. Adventures name changed to Tim. Rascal isnow Ross. Curiosity is now Linda. Playfulness haschanged to Scott. Carefree is called Kathy. Freedom isnow named Ursina. Inventive has become Marty.—Camille Wright52
Source:	http://cdm17129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/hs-harmony/id/2330
Collection:	Harmony School

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