For those of you who don't know, my first published book is nearing completion. If all goes well, it will be for sale by next month. As soon as I have a definite date I'll post it with a link to where it can be purchased. To celebrate, I give you the first chapter:
"The Great Adventures of Horace and Tiny"
Chapter One
Horace is a giant. A really big giant. He is so much bigger than the other giants that everyone is afraid of him. He is a very nice giant. When he sees someone, he always smiles and says hello. His teeth are so big that his smile frightens them and they run away, so he lives in the woods all alone. He has lived alone since he was a teenager, and he is now 297 years old. That’s not old for a giant though. He has short, black hair, a short beard and a mustache. If you overlook his size, he looks like a very kind person. But since his size is so hard to overlook, most people don’t know he is a nice guy. More than anything, he wishes he had a friend.
Tiny is an elf. A really small elf. He is so much smaller than the other elves that everyone teases him and makes fun of him. They have done this his entire life, all 24 years of it. He has no friends. He wishes that if they were going to tease him, they would find something else to tease him about. He thinks to himself, “Why can’t they tease me about my stringy blond hair that needs a cut, or my little pointed ears, or the way I walk or talk?” One day he gets fed up with the teasing, so he decides to live in the woods all alone where no one will be around to tease him.
When he’s alone in the woods, he stops to listen for voices. Nothing! Pure silence. Well, maybe not silence, but no people sounds. He is very happy, but gets bored easily, so Tiny decides to climb a tree so that he can see the sky. He climbed and climbed until he reached the top. While he was sitting there Horace happened by.
“Hello there big guy,” Tiny says. “Would you mind stepping to the left? You’re blocking my view of the sky.”
Puzzled by the little man’s reaction to seeing such a big giant Horace asks, “Aren’t you afraid of me?”
“Why should I be? Are you going to tease me about my size like everyone else?” replies Tiny.
“No, I won’t tease you. Everyone is really small to me, So your size isn’t that different from up here. Aren‘t you going to scream and run away like everyone else?” asks Horace.
“Well, everyone is a lot bigger than me. If I was scared of all the people bigger than me, I’d be scared silly all the time,” said Tiny. “Say, what are you doing out here in the woods?”
“I live here. Everyone is so afraid of me, they won’t let me live in a town. So I just stay out here alone. I would never hurt anybody, but they don’t care. Why are you out here?” Horace asked.
“I want to live out here so that no one ever picks on me again. They always call me names and push me around, so I’d rather stay out here alone,” said Tiny.
“That’s not nice. Those people are mean. If I had a friend, I’d never let anyone pick on him,” said Horace.
“Well, if I had a friend I’d show everyone how nice and sweet he is,” Tiny said.
“Hey, maybe we could be friends. We could live in the woods together and travel together and…” Horace began excitedly.
“Just hold on a minute, how are we going to travel together? I couldn’t keep up with you even if I ran,” said Tiny.
“Then I’ll carry you. You could ride on my shoulder or in my pocket. Then you would always be taller than everyone but me, and nothing could block your view of the sky. What do you say?”
“That sounds great! Say, I’m getting hungry. I know where a giant bird’s nest full of eggs is, but I can’t reach it,” Tiny said, a little embarrassed.
“No problem, I bet I can. I know where there is a lake with cool water for us to drink, but it’s surrounded by mountains bigger than I am. I can’t fit through the gap,” said Horace.
“No problem! I bet I can,” Tiny said.
So Horace got the eggs from the high nest. It was no problem for him to reach. Tiny got the water by dragging a giant water skin tied to a big rope and filling it in the lake. When it was full, Horace used the rope to pull it out again. They ate and talked and laughed until it started getting dark. Then they decided they had better find a place to sleep. They found a clearing with soft grass and stopped there for the night.
They became the best of friends, traveled all over and had a great many adventures together.
"The Great Adventures of Horace and Tiny"
Chapter One
Horace is a giant. A really big giant. He is so much bigger than the other giants that everyone is afraid of him. He is a very nice giant. When he sees someone, he always smiles and says hello. His teeth are so big that his smile frightens them and they run away, so he lives in the woods all alone. He has lived alone since he was a teenager, and he is now 297 years old. That’s not old for a giant though. He has short, black hair, a short beard and a mustache. If you overlook his size, he looks like a very kind person. But since his size is so hard to overlook, most people don’t know he is a nice guy. More than anything, he wishes he had a friend.
Tiny is an elf. A really small elf. He is so much smaller than the other elves that everyone teases him and makes fun of him. They have done this his entire life, all 24 years of it. He has no friends. He wishes that if they were going to tease him, they would find something else to tease him about. He thinks to himself, “Why can’t they tease me about my stringy blond hair that needs a cut, or my little pointed ears, or the way I walk or talk?” One day he gets fed up with the teasing, so he decides to live in the woods all alone where no one will be around to tease him.
When he’s alone in the woods, he stops to listen for voices. Nothing! Pure silence. Well, maybe not silence, but no people sounds. He is very happy, but gets bored easily, so Tiny decides to climb a tree so that he can see the sky. He climbed and climbed until he reached the top. While he was sitting there Horace happened by.
“Hello there big guy,” Tiny says. “Would you mind stepping to the left? You’re blocking my view of the sky.”
Puzzled by the little man’s reaction to seeing such a big giant Horace asks, “Aren’t you afraid of me?”
“Why should I be? Are you going to tease me about my size like everyone else?” replies Tiny.
“No, I won’t tease you. Everyone is really small to me, So your size isn’t that different from up here. Aren‘t you going to scream and run away like everyone else?” asks Horace.
“Well, everyone is a lot bigger than me. If I was scared of all the people bigger than me, I’d be scared silly all the time,” said Tiny. “Say, what are you doing out here in the woods?”
“I live here. Everyone is so afraid of me, they won’t let me live in a town. So I just stay out here alone. I would never hurt anybody, but they don’t care. Why are you out here?” Horace asked.
“I want to live out here so that no one ever picks on me again. They always call me names and push me around, so I’d rather stay out here alone,” said Tiny.
“That’s not nice. Those people are mean. If I had a friend, I’d never let anyone pick on him,” said Horace.
“Well, if I had a friend I’d show everyone how nice and sweet he is,” Tiny said.
“Hey, maybe we could be friends. We could live in the woods together and travel together and…” Horace began excitedly.
“Just hold on a minute, how are we going to travel together? I couldn’t keep up with you even if I ran,” said Tiny.
“Then I’ll carry you. You could ride on my shoulder or in my pocket. Then you would always be taller than everyone but me, and nothing could block your view of the sky. What do you say?”
“That sounds great! Say, I’m getting hungry. I know where a giant bird’s nest full of eggs is, but I can’t reach it,” Tiny said, a little embarrassed.
“No problem, I bet I can. I know where there is a lake with cool water for us to drink, but it’s surrounded by mountains bigger than I am. I can’t fit through the gap,” said Horace.
“No problem! I bet I can,” Tiny said.
So Horace got the eggs from the high nest. It was no problem for him to reach. Tiny got the water by dragging a giant water skin tied to a big rope and filling it in the lake. When it was full, Horace used the rope to pull it out again. They ate and talked and laughed until it started getting dark. Then they decided they had better find a place to sleep. They found a clearing with soft grass and stopped there for the night.
They became the best of friends, traveled all over and had a great many adventures together.
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