We're always asking for too much in this office. First it was raspberries. Now it is kiwis. The kiwis roll around on the table in our office kitchen then rot. At work, I sit on the second floor of a ... [+]
Susan Lendroth writes for adults and children, including picture books. "Three Wishes" was originally published in Cricket a US children's magazine. It is now a part of Short Édition's series, The Current.
Three cats -- Rumkin, Mist, and Flop Ear -- followed Jenny along the rocky shore, dancing away from the incoming tide."This will make a good soup," said Jenny, dropping a glistening clump of sea moss into her pail. "Just need to add a few winkles or clams to go with our potatoes."She glanced at her furred companions and nodded, as if hearing their agreement."Yes, a grand supper," Jenny said and pulled her ragged shawl tight against the wind.Mist, as thin and gray as the fogs that rolled in from the sea, paused beside a tide pool and arched her back. Rumkin joined her, darting out an orange paw