On 2010-06-04 20:04:01 -0500, " +Grant. " <+Grant@grant.grant> said:
> The Adventures of Stevie #4
>
> These stories were told to me by friends and other people. Some of them
> are true. Some of them are only partly true. Some of them should have
> been true. LOL
>
> My first post about Stevie ("Call me Stephen!") was when he was 12 and
> in summer camp and was told by another camper. This was from a time
> before computers would fit on a desk and when people communicated with
> friends in other countries by actual letters sent through the postal
> service. When children did this those friends were called "penpals".
> Carlos is Stevie's penpal in Argentina and knows English. This is a
> fictional contrivance to enable Stevie to tell us his stories because
> he isn't here in person. I think.
> The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
> Stevie is 10 in this story, which takes place a week after story #3
>
>
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> The Adventures of Stevie #4 "Ivy"
>
>
> Dear Carlos,
>
> I moved from my Aunt's really small apartment in the city to a really
> BIG house in a forest. I never lived in a forest before. The house is
> on a hill. I sleep on a pull out bed in the big basement which has big
> doors to outside which are windows that look down the hill which is all
> covered with trees. It's very beautiful! The people here are a mother
> and a father and a girl Jane who is 11 and a cat. I have met parents
> and girls before but I never met a cat. It's a girl cat who is all
> black and 8 years old. They say that's very old for a cat. I can't tell
> that because she doesn't have wrinkles just very soft fur.
>
> On my second day here I discovered something very important. I woke up
> in the morning and found something black and furry growing out of my
> side! It was breathing but faster than the rest of me was. Then I woke
> up more and saw it was the cat. I made friends with the cat the night
> before and petted it a lot. I didn't know that would make me sleeping
> company! I learned it's important to be very careful how you sleep when
> a cat likes you or you might find a squashed cat under you when you
> wake up. We were lucky it didn't happen this time. The cat is very
> nice. I like her to think I'm nice too.
>
> Jane knows all the great places to visit and play in the forest. We
> went all over. And under. Ha ha. Jane knows a lot about it and she's
> strong too. She is more like a boy then a girl. She helped me get
> untangled from some bushes I fell into a few times. It's tricky walking
> and running and playing tag in a forest on a hill. Sometimes it's fun
> to roll down the hill but not by accident where it's fill of broken
> branches and other stuff that's just waiting to poke you in places you
> didn't know you had till then.
>
> Yesterday when we came home after playing in the forest all morning I
> found out something bad. Jane told her mother I fell into some poison
> ivy. I didn't know what it was before but I really do now! If you don't
> have it where you live I can tell you it has leaves that have oil on
> them that does bad things to skin. It causes itchy blisters that can
> spread if you scratch them. You do NOT NOT NOT want to touch a blister
> and then touch yourself in the fun place!!!!! Jane's mother said I had
> to take a bath right away to wash off all that bad oil to keep it from
> spreading. I did and she made sure I scrubbed all over. It was strange
> having a different mother help me take a bath I didn't need help with.
> She left me to finish up and then Jane walked in! I was NAKED in front
> of a GIRL!
> No she didn't see any important stuff because I was sitting in the
> water but I had to stand up sooner or later or turn into a fish. We
> talked a bit and she didn't make anything of me be being naked. I got
> my courage together and stood up and reached for the towel to get dry.
> Jane didn't act any different when she could see all of me. Then her
> mother called her to help with making lunch and she left. I got dressed
> in different clothes and went to eat.
>
> I told you I didn't want to get naked in front of a girl. I found out
> it isn't so bad. Just a little bit cold when you're all wet. Ha Ha.
>
> I didn't get any blisters from the poison ivy. It could be because I
> washed it all off before it could do bad things to my skin or because
> the oil didn't get on me just my clothes. Or maybe it wasn't really
> poison ivy I fell into and Jane made it up so she could get a look at
> me naked. What do you think?
>
>
> Your friend,
>
> Stephen
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
A very nice read again! And 10yo Stevie standing up naked in the bath.
MMMMMMM! :D Thanks! I look forward to your next story. :)
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