Creole. Stephen Cosgrove

      

      Creolé

      A Serendipity Book

      By:

      Stephen Cosgrove

      Illustrated by:

      Robin James

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      Copyright © 2013 Stephen Cosgrove, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.

      Originally copyrighted © 1988 by Price Stern Sloan, Inc.

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      Dedicated to Gage and Hunter Cosgrove. Each overcame amazing circumstances to become the successful young men they are. Grandsons both with an emphasis on grand.

      Stephen/Grm’Pa

      Contents

       Beyond the horizon…

       She was big and very, very ugly…

       One day as she was sitting…

       But it was not to be as simple…

       Creolé looked and looked…

       Large oily tears rolled down…

       Creolé looked down at the little…

       For the longest of times…

       Creolé carefully hid behind…

       Now the other creatures of the…

       Everything would have been fine…

       Without hesitation the little…

       The swamp folk crept from their…

       Never judge a book…

       I had and have a dear friend…

      Beyond the horizon in the middle of the Crystal Sea, was a beautiful island called Serendipity. There were forests and meadows and much, much more. More magical than most was the Weezalana Swamp.

      It was on a foggy, foggy morning deep in this swamp from a bumpy, speckled egg, Creolé was born.