There's something in my closet. Its raspy monster breath makes my curtains flutter at night. I tell my mom, but she says it's just the sound of the wind whispering secrets to the moon. There's ... [+]
Susan Lendroth writes for adults and children, including picture books. She loves history, mystery and finding rhyme in unexpected subjects. "The Cat Who Purred" is in Short Circuit #02, Short Édition's quarterly review.
In a small cottage in a deep valley, an old woman lived with her goats and sheep, chickens and dog, a sway-backed horse and one ginger cat.Each morning, she collected eggs while the dog led the sheep and goats to pasture. Each afternoon, she stirred cheese and spun wool. Each night, she knitted scarves by the fire.On market day she drove her cart to the village to sell cheese and eggs and soft woolen scarves the colors of moss and dandelions.At the end of the day, the animals gathered in the barn."My fleece will give her warm wool this winter," bragged the old ewe."Did you see the egg I laid?"