Mr. Brown the Bunny Rabbit

One day Grandma Lu looked out her window to look at her garden. Her garden was all kinds of different colors.

Her tomatoes were red.

Her green beans were green.

Her corn was yellow.

Everything was growing so well

Then Grandma Lu  yelled, "No, no no!"

There munching on her green lettuce was Mr. Brown.

Mr. Brown was a big brown rabbit. He loved to eat vegetables that Grandma Lu raised in her garden every year. 

"Oh, Mr. Brown, don't eat all of my lettuce or I won't have enough to make a salad!" I have a little friend, Winter, who just loves vegetables. I need to save some for her!!

Mr. Brown looked at the window where Grandma Lu was yelling from. He twitched his long ears and kept munching.

Grandma Lu had an idea. "Okay, you and I will share my garden. You eat half the lettuce and I can have half the lettuce. How does that sound to you, Mr. Brown?"

Mr. Brown stopped munching the lettuce and looked at Grandma Lu again. He seemed to be thinking about her "deal." All at once Mr. Brown hippity hopped away from her garden. Grandma Lu was amazed. Mr. Brown looked like he was smiling.

After that day Mr. Brown left half of the garden for Grandma Lu to share with other people who didn't have vegetables. 

"Oh what a nice rabbit Mr. Brown is" she thought. He can come and eat some of my vegetables anytime he wants to.

Grandma Lu and the Grocery Store

Today Grandma Lu went to the grocery store. She looked and she looked for something good to eat. "Oh, she said look at the pretty red apples!" Grandma Lu likes to make apple pie. She smiled to herself as she put apples in her grocery cart. Then she frowned. She saw something that she did not like at all. The sign said, "Orange Apples for sale." 
"Apples are not orange, apples are Red.
The word Apple starts with the letter A. A is the first letter of the ABC's. "Even my little friend Winter knows that apple starts with the letter A.
Well, Grandma Lu was all upset, so she went to find the store manager to tell him that someone had made a mistake; Apples are never Orange.

Grandma Lu found the man and told him how upset she was that the sign said that apples are orange. The man was very nice to Grandma Lu but said," My apples are not orange Grandma Lu. My apples are red, see?
Grandma Lu squinted her eyes and said, "yes I see a red apple. but your sign said Orange apples. The man just shook his head, but looked where Grandma Lu pointed. Sure enough this is what he saw:

This is an orange Grandma Lu, not an apple. Oranges are orange. 
Grandma Lu just shook her head. "Maybe I need new glasses." Then she told the man that she was sorry and he told her that she was a good customer and that he was glad she bought her groceries there every week. He gave her a hug and that made her smile.
Hugs always make things feel better don't they? 
Grandma was glad that the manager wasn't upset with her. "I need new glasses. I am going to call the eye doctor as soon as I get home."

Grandma Lu Is Sad

One morning Grandma Lu was sad. Most days Grandma Lu is happy, but today she felt sad all over! She went to find the neighbor dog and he even looked sad. "Oh dear," thought Grandma Lu. "This just will not do. The neighbor lady also had a cat. Grandma Lu found that cat looking sad too!
She thought and thought and decided she would sit down at her computer and look at pictures of all the people that make her happy. First she saw her daughter when she was a little girl. Oh, she was so cute. Grandma Lu felt just a little smile start on her lips. Then Grandma Lu found a picture of her oldest son. He was the cutest baby in the world. He had red hair just like his daddy. Then she found a picture of her second son. He looked like his daddy too. She found herself with a smile on her face. Then she found a picture of one of her grandsons. He had blue eyes and blonde hair just like his mother. Oh, Grandma Lu did love that boy. Oh, my goodness she found a picture of Winter too!! Oh Oh, Winter had a sad face. When Grandma Lu saw that sad face she said, "this will not do."

She looked and she looked and found a toy that really made her smile. It was just like a toy that one of her children used to play with. This is how Grandma Lu looked when she was all done looking at pictures of the people that she loves.

If Winter Had A Purse

Would Winter like a purse? If Winter had a purse what color would it be?

Would Winter's purse be black or blue?

Would Winter's purse be green or orange?

Would Winter's purse be brown or yellow?

Would Winter's purse be big or small?

Would Winter's purse be round or square?

Would Winter's purse be soft or hard?

Would Winter's purse have room for a penny?

Would Winter's purse have room for a tissue?

Would Winter's purse have room for a treasure?

If I was going to choose a purse for Winter it would 

be pink.

Winter's purse could hold a penny, and a tissue, and a treasure.

Winter's purse should be soft. Let's see what Grandma Lu thinks Winter's purse

Should look like.

Did Winter Have A Bad Day?

There once was a girl named Winter
Who fell down and got a big splinter.

Did she fall on her head?
Did she fall on her leg?
No, she did not fall on her head.
No, she did not fall on her leg.

Her mama looked high
Her mama looked low.

Oh my goodness it was on her elbow!!
The splinter did hurt, her elbow all dirt.

Miss Winter did cry.
Miss Winter, Oh my!

Miss Winter's mom she did fly,
To the sink for a cloth.
A cloth to wash the dirt off.

The dirt was all gone.
Winter's tears coming down
Much to her surprise...............

Winter tell us the story
With your pretty blue eyes.
Did you see the surprise?

Polly the Sad Petunia

Hello Winter. Would you like to hear a story about a pretty little flower named Polly? Ok, this story is about a little girl flower whose name is Polly.

Polly was a very pretty flower. She was pink.

Polly was sad today. Polly was sad because she sneezed all the time. The wind would blow and she would sneeze. Auchoo!!!!!  Auchoo!!!  Oh dear, she would cry. What shall I do? Flowers shouldn't sneeze.

One day a little kitty came walking by where Polly was planted. Polly sneezed really loud. Auchoo!! Well that kitty jumped really high in the air and went MEOW!! and ran away.

Polly was so sad she just didn't know what to do.

One day a pretty little girl named Winter was walking in the garden where Polly lived. Oh, Winter loved that pretty pink flower. Winter stooped over and showed her mama what a pretty flower she found. Winter said "Oh Mama, look a pretty pink flower" Her Mama smiled and said, "Oh yes, look, a pretty pink flower."

Winter looked at the flower very closely and found a tear on the flower's petal. Winter showed her Mama and then she looked sad.

Winter's Mama had an idea. 

Winter's Mama asked Winter if she would like to put the pretty pink flower in a pot with some dirt. Then she could take the pretty pink flower in the house by the window so she could see it all the time.

Winter thought that a wonderful idea. That is just what they did. Polly the pretty pink flower never sneezed again. She was happy. Winter was happy and Mama was happy too.