#williamdeanhowells

[amlitlover]

The Chick of the Easter Egg

William Dean Howells: "I only know I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Easter, not so much because of the calico eggs, perhaps, as because of the grandmothers and the aunts." https://americanliterature.com/author/william-dean-howells/short-story/the-chick-of-the-easter-egg

[amlitlover]

The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express

William Dean Howells: "Once there was a little Pony Engine that used to play round the Fitchburg Depot on the side tracks, and sleep in among the big locomotives in the car-house—” https://americanliterature.com/author/william-dean-howells/short-story/the-pony-engine-and-the-pacific-express

[amlitlover]

William Dean Howell’s “Pumpkin-Glory”

William Dean Howells: "The good little pumpkin vine said, 'Oh, I'm just going to stay here, and grow and grow, and put out all the blossoms I can, and let them all drop off but one, and then grow that into the biggest and fattest and sweetest pumpkin that ever was for Thanksgiving pies.'"

[amlitlover]

The Chick of the Easter Egg

William Dean Howells: "While Easter eggs mostly hatched rabbits, there were instances in which they hatched other things, especially in the case of the golden eggs that the goose laid. They knew all about that goose..." https://americanliterature.com/author/william-dean-howells/short-story/the-chick-of-the-easter-egg 

[amlitlover]

Christmas Every Day?

William Dean Howells: "Nonsense! It was Christmas yesterday." Then all at once it flashed on the little girl that the Fairy was keeping her promise, her year of Christmases was beginning. Dreadfully sleepy, she sprang up like a lark. "There it was again!" https://americanliterature.com/author/william-dean-howells/short-story/christmas-every-day

[amlitlover]

William Dean Howell’s Pony Engine

"Well, the thing the little Pony Engine wanted to be, the most in this world, was the locomotive of the Pacific Express. It intended to apply as soon as its cow-catcher was grown, always trying to attract the locomotive's attention." https://americanliterature.com/author/william-dean-howells/short-story/the-pony-engine-and-the-pacific-express

[amlitlover]

What if turkeys could turn the tables?

https://americanliterature.com/author/william-dean-howells/short-story/turkeys-turning-the-tables

[michaelfreeze]

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