The seashells near the ocean where I grew up are storytellers. Every morning, feet burning in the ... [+]
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