[the_old_crowd] Re: happy merry

[Kat Macfarlane]

Oh, Rita, that is just so sad! The worst thing that can happen to 
treasured books is not knowing what has become of them. I just hope they 
ended up in the hands of a child, even the junk man's son or daughter, 
who would read then and treasure them. One of my ambitions in life, when 
I can afford a scanner, is to put these wonderful books out on my Web 
site where children all over the world can read them and just feel their 
minds expand. I know it's probably illegal, but the books are out of 
print and horribly expensive if you can find a used set, and they need 
to be out there where children can read them and expand their minds.

I hope your brother's principal had the sense to see that your brother 
was reading several grades above Dick and Jane, and didn't take any 
serious action against him.

Educational purrs,

--Kat

Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) wrote:
>
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:the_old_crowd%40yahoogroups.com>, Kat Macfarlane <katmac at ...> 
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm so sorry. I'd love to hear your long story when you have the
> > time. I hope they went to someone who would love and treasure them.
> > Any chance you could get them back?
>
> I apologize for taking so long to answer. In fact, I apologize for
> telling a long story short, but ... when I went away to college, my
> mother came down with Multiple Schlerosis (when 20 years ago than MS
> is supposed to appear). For a time she went into a 'convalescent home'
> while having her house remodelled to be wheelchair friendly. When I
> left (dropped out) of college, everything was different. I don't know
> if my books were stolen, thrown out, accidentally destroyed -- she
> claimed her grandmother's lace tablecloth and her wedding gift
> silverware had been stolen by caregivers...
>
> > I still have the /Treasure Island /my father used to read to me
>
> My brother was sent to the principal's office in third grade for
> reading Treasure Island hidden behind his Dick and Jane assigned reading.
>
> 



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