Contributions

  • Whitman, Jennifer MacDonald, author - Contributor
  • Whitman, Nathaniel Forrest, author - Contributor
  • Harvill, Kitty, 1958- illustrator - Contributor

Publication

2017 - Plum Street Publishers, Arkansas

Language

English

Word Count

9,500 words, Guess

Page Count

38 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC398.2097568
  • DDC[E]
  • LCCPZ8.1.M15924 Wi 2017

Description

In this Appalachian version of The Kind and the Unkind Girls, two sisters--Bess and Tess--are sent by their mother to draw water from the Well-at-the-End-of-the-World. Along the way they meet a bear, a mountain lion, a wild boar, and three little foxes. When Bess greets them with courtesy and respect, the foxes reward her kindness. Tess, greedy for her own bounty, can't be bothered with manners; she bonks the animals with her bucket, kicks them with her boots, and slings the little foxes to the ground. In the end, both sisters get their just deserts. Presents an Appalachian version of the story of two sisters sent on an errand in which kindness is rewarded.

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