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    Grandpa Tell Us A Story And Other Short Stories
    Grandpa Tell Us A Story And Other Short Stories
    Grandpa Tell Us A Story And Other Short Stories
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    Grandpa Tell Us A Story And Other Short Stories

    By C.C. Wills

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    You will find in this book the compiling of 14 short stories in total. In the Grandpa Tell Us A Story series there are 8 individual shorts. Along with them you will find "On The Ridge", "A New Beginning", "The Homestead", "Hunting A Spooked Tom", "A Walk In The Snow" and last "His First Love"...hope you enjoy them all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC.C. Wills
    Release dateFeb 5, 2017
    ISBN9781370092437
    Grandpa Tell Us A Story And Other Short Stories
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    C.C. Wills

    I am a retired factory worker. I worked for Kraft Foods for 35 years and retired at 55 in 2009. My wife and I live on 23 acres in Central Illinos in the the home town of Dick and Jerry Van Dyke, Gene Hackman, Donald O'Conner, Bobby Short, Astronaut Tanner, and several other celebs including several well known writers and Congressman Uncle Jo Cannon. I now have three books published through FriesenPress and four books published through my own publishing company -Grape Creek Publishing. If you go to my web page I have several links to retailers for my books. You can also purchase an autographed copy from me directly. My Fourth book - "Memories" is published through my own publishing company as well as my fifth and sixth books - "A Collection of Short Stories by C.C. Wills" and "Solitude: Portraits of the Lonely". My seventh book is another collection of short stories known as "Grandpa Tell Us A Story". I now have 22 short stories and I'm working on a Western Book known as The McAllister Saga.

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      Grandpa Tell Us A Story And Other Short Stories - C.C. Wills

      fGrandpa Tell Us A Story And Other Short Stories

      by

      C.C. Wills

      Author’s website:

      www.ccwills-author.com

      Grape Creek Publishing

      Danville, Illinois

      Grandpa Tell Us A Story And Other Short Stories

      By C.C. Wills

      Published by C.C. Wills at Smashwords

      Copyright 2017 C.C. Wills

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      9781370092437

      All rights reserved.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book are all a part of the author’s imagination. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information browsing, storage, or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Photo used for the cover was taken by the author.

      Table of Contents ***Series: Grandpa Tell Us A Story Book 1 – How Did You Meet Grandma Book 2 - Have You Ever Been Scared Book 3 - Have You Ever Shot Anyone Book 4 - Have You Ever Been Lost Book 5 - Have You Ever Been To A Drive-in Book 6 - Were You Ever Sick As A Child Book 7 - Any Special Moments In The Woods Book 8 - No Questions For Grandpa This Time ~ On The Ridge ~ ~ A New Beginning ~ ~ The Homestead ~ Chapter 1 - Winter, 1817-1818 Chapter 2 - The Homestead ~ Hunting A Spooked Tom ~ Chapter 1 – The Beginning Chapter 2 – The Set-Up Chapter 3 – The Hunt Chapter 4 – "The Stalk ~ A Walk In The Snow ~ ~ His First Love ~

      Grandpa Tell Us A Story Book 1 How Did You Meet Grandma

      My grandchildren are a special bunch of kids and I love them dearly. When they come over to visit grandma and me we sit out on our front porch and talk. They seem to just love it when their grandpa tells them his stories and today is no exception. We were all sitting on the porch drinking fresh lemonade when all of a sudden my oldest and I might say quite inquisitive granddaughter asked me, Grandpa, how did you and Grandma meet?

      Well now that is some question Chrissy and it’s going to take a little bit of background to answer that…are you kids okay with that?

      Yes Grandpa we are ready to listen, you go ahead. Tommy my oldest grandson said.

      "Let me start this little story by telling you as a boy I liked playing outside. I never much liked doing anything that involved being indoors. Mom always wanted me to read books but I never really found an interest in that. My love was riding my bike, looking for fossils in the rocks up on the railroad behind our house or playing with my close-by neighborhood buddies. The only time I liked staying in the house was on Saturday mornings. Come early on Saturday I was glued to the front of the TV watching cartoons and Saturday morning serials like Sky King and Roy Rodgers. You couldn’t break me away from that TV until early afternoon when Johnny Quest was over with.

      Around the age of seven my Mom decided she wanted me and my older sister to take piano lessons. She loved her piano and I think she always desired to play it, as I remember she also took lessons. She made arrangements with an older woman in town to give us weekly lessons. Every week my sister and I would go over to her house where she taught piano. One by one we would sit in front of the piano with Mrs. Olsen taking our lessons, my sister was usually first. I always hated taking those lessons, thought they were so boring. Our teacher would give us pieces to practice through the week and then the next time we went to her house for our lessons we would have to play what we had been practicing on. I hated it so but Mom wouldn’t let me stop. Week after week we took them lessons and week after week I practiced. But I only practiced long enough to memorize that assignment then I would head outside to play. Mom didn’t think I was learning anything so she would make me play her the assignment which I could do…every time.

      After we had been taking our lessons for near a year it must have been it came time for what they called a recital. Now a recital is when you play in front of a bunch of people – guess you might say you are putting on a performance as such. I sat there in my spot waiting my turn and it came soon enough. I walked up and sat down on the piano stool with my teacher sitting next to me. I placed my book up on the piano and turned it to the piece I was supposed to play. Everyone got quiet. I looked at my book and studied the music for a second or two, placed my fingers down upon the keys, turned and looked at the audience. With my head still turned I began to play and play I did. I went through the whole song and never missed a note, the whole time I watched the audience. I never turned my head back to look at the book until I was done.

      I thought that I did good but little did I know just what I did wrong. That’s right I messed up and didn’t realize it. When we got home Mom started scolding me for not taking my lessons seriously. She knew by the way that I played during the recital that I was memorizing the music and I was not learning to read the notes. She said the lessons are meant to teach you how to read the music. By memorizing it I was cheating myself out of learning how to read music. She was so mad at me she made me stop taking my lessons…just up and quit. I didn’t understand at the time what she meant.

      After some time had passed I pondered on what had happened and realized that I hurt my Mom. It was important to her that my sister and I learned the piano, mainly because she had the desire to learn it. I decided that I was going to teach myself so when she wasn’t around I got the books out, I practiced and I practiced and then I practiced some more. Nobody knew what I was doing because I only played when I was at home alone. I almost got caught several times because I was so into my playing that I didn’t noticed when someone was home.

      For years I sought to better myself with my playing but I didn’t want anyone to know what I had accomplished until the time was just right. Mom started visiting one of the nursing homes because we had a relative there. She took me once and I was so shocked at the conditions in those places. Everyone seemed so dead, they had no life in them at all. I was wondering why they were that way and what I could do. Then one day it came to me, what they needed was some entertainment. Without Mom knowing it I started going there by myself. I was driving so it wasn’t a problem and she was none the wiser. I asked one of the people who managed the place if they minded me playing the piano for the old folks and they were surprised but very happy that I offered.

      Week after week I would go to the nursing home and play for the folks. At first I just played, they just looked over at me wondering what was going on. But as the weeks went by they started gathering around me to listen to my playing. Some showed no emotion at all but then there were others that started clapping their hands or tapping their feet to the rhythm of the music. By Christmas time I was getting quite a group and they seemed to enjoy it so. All was going just fine until Mom made one of her visits the same time I was there playing. The relative she was seeing happened to be listening to my playing that day and Mom stood there in shock watching me playing at the piano. After I was done I went over to her to explain because I knew she would be wondering. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing but she told me she was so proud of me.

      Christmas Day was upon us and the people at the nursing home were planning some special events for the residents and they wondered if I could join them for the festivities…I gladly accepted. I played some of the usual holiday songs everyone recognized and a couple of requests that I just happened to know. Then I asked them if it was okay to play a piece I wrote…they seemed open to it so I did. While I was playing I noticed a young lady watching me. She was there with her parents to visit her Grandma who was recouping from a surgery. Our eyes met and I was mesmerized by her beauty, shiny charcoal black flowing hair, a face full of freckles and a captivating smile. What a pure beauty and I knew right then and there she had my heart.

      After I was done

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