Even students who do not ordinarily listen to the chapter books very closely can't resist sections of Red Fern like this one:
Again he pleaded, "Please, take it out of me." Turning around, I saw his hands were curled around the protruding blade as if he himself had tried to pull it from his stomach.
How I did it, I'll never know. Putting my hands over his and pressing down, I pulled the ax from the wound. The blood gushed. I felt the warm heat as it spread over my hands. Again the sickness came over me. I stumbled to my feet and stepped back a few paces.
Seeing movement from Rubin, I thought he was going to get up. With his hands, he pushed himself halfway up. His eye were wide open, staring straight at me. Stopping in his effort of getting up, still staring at me, his mouth opened as if to say something. Words never came. Instead, a large red bubble slowly worked its way out of his mouth and burst.
2 comments:
I do not know how you read that outloud without crying. I wish I could read it to my kids every year.
Carly loved the book, but was VERY upset and grossed out by the red bubble. She was also very concerned about whether that really happened - because she knew the author based some of it on his childhood.
I never get to read that book to my class because 5th grade has claimed it. And the 5th grade teacher who reads is is from Oklahoma. Charlotte's Web has always been the overwhelming favorite for my classes.
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