I found this in a notebook today as I was packing to move. I can't remember why I wrote it but it made me giggle. I think it might have been from a workshop I did with some elementary school kids when I lived in Redondo Beach. The page before it has five things listed (1. Sarah Ann Bostick; 2. Torrance, CA -- LCM; 3. blue -- powder or dark; 4. yes, because Sarah means "princess"; 5. veterinarian or teacher. Like animals, 5th-grader -- no whiners):Sarah Bostick the Brave was, well, brave. She wore a blue costume and said brave things such as "I will save all of humanity," and "I will cross the street using the crosswalk because even though it may be more brave to jaywalk, it is also illegal and dangerous."
Sarah, as it turns out, is also a brave princess who likes to climb trees. She will climb up the tallest tree and serve as a lookout for her kingdom, Torrance, CA, also known as the Kingdom of Veterinarians.
One day, Sarah encountered a sick bear in Torrance. The bear was just a baby bear, and it had hurt its paw on a briar patch (this, however, was not Bre'r Bear). Sarah the Brave scrambled up a tree to gather pine needles to help the bear -- she made a soup and gave it to him with the healing needles.
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