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    Chuck Tales: 20 Adventures of Chuck the Woodchuck
    Chuck Tales: 20 Adventures of Chuck the Woodchuck
    Chuck Tales: 20 Adventures of Chuck the Woodchuck
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    Chuck Tales: 20 Adventures of Chuck the Woodchuck

    By James Gould

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    These 20 Chuck Tales are about the adventures of a woodchuck named Chuck and his animal and human friends. Chuck is clever, curious and adventurous; dislikes braggarts and bullies and has a weakness for clover.
    His adventures range from surfing down a stream; outracing a rabbit; crashing a picnic with a skunk; making friends with fireflies; chucking wood; being mistaken for a ghost; bridge building; foiling bullies in summer and winter; diving into a school cafeteria salad bowl; hiking; foiling a cave monster; flying with crows, with bats and in a magical golden shoe; meeting Paul Bunyon; saving Batman and more. Chuck is one unusual and funny little woodchuck.
    Chuck started as one of many stuffed animals on my son’s bed who‎ found their way into bedtime stories. Chuck developed a personality and became the center of the Tales. After a while, we vied to dream up new adventures for him.
    Decades later I am telling the Tales to my Grandson, who is giving me ideas for new stories, three of which are included.
    I have enjoyed creating them and telling (and retelling) them. I hope you and your children enjoy them too, and maybe make up some new ones of your own. Some suggestions for creating your own animal stories are at the back of the book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames Gould
    Release dateNov 17, 2012
    ISBN9781301778737
    Chuck Tales: 20 Adventures of Chuck the Woodchuck
    Author

    James Gould

    James Gould is a married Boomer, a father, grandfather, motorcyclist, skier, hiker, diver, traveler and lover of Manhattan's culture. After writing as a patent litigator for over three decades, he turned to his longing to pursue non-legal writing.To date he has self-published 15 e-books on Amazon, Apple and Smashwords. The books range from travelogues (available only on Amazon because of their large file size from the many photos), how-to books, short stories, poetry and children's stories.He is now focused on writing screenplays, one of which advanced to the Second Round in the Austin Film Festival contest..

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      Chuck Tales - James Gould

      CHUCK TALES

      20 ADVENTURES OF

      CHUCK THE WOODCHUCK

      by James Gould

      © 2012, 2014 James Gould

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this e-book. This book remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be redistributed to others for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy from their favorite authorized retailer. Thank you for your support.

      Dedicated to my son Ethan

      & grandson Sammy

      & imaginary animal

      friends everywhere

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Chuck Tale No. 1, Surfer Chuck

      Chuck Tale No. 2, Roller Chuck

      Chuck Tale No. 3, Chuck Ice

      Chuck Tale No. 4, Firefly Chuck

      Chuck Tale No. 5, Wood Chucking

      Chuck Tale No. 6, Painter Chuck

      Chuck Tale No. 7, Timber Chuck

      Chuck Tale No. 8, Soccer Chuck

      Chuck Tale No. 9, School Chuck

      Chuck Tale No. 10, Chuck Trail

      Chuck Tale No. 11, Lookout Chuck

      Chuck Tale No. 12, Snowball Chuck

      Chuck Tale No. 13, Chuck & Crows

      Chuck Tale No. 14, Chuck & Paul

      Chuck Tale No. 15, Chuck & Paul II

      Chuck Tale No. 16, Chuck’s Pole Hole

      Chuck Tale No. 17, Mekka Chuck

      Chuck Tale No. 18, Chuck & The Golden Spindle

      Chuck Tale No. 19, Chuck’s Flying Shoe

      Chuck Tale No. 20, Chuck Saves Batman

      Building A Story

      ***~~~***

      INTRODUCTION

      These Chuck Tales of the adventures of a woodchuck named Chuck began when stuffed animals on my son Ethan’s bed found their way into bedtime stories. Over time, Chuck became the center of the stories that Ethan and I dreamed up. Chuck developed a personality: curious, adventurous up to a point, disliking bullies and braggarts (except when he was bragging), and with a weakness for clover.

      Decades later, as I told the tales to my grandson Sammy, he began to conceive new adventures for Chuck. The three Tales at the end were inspired by his ideas.

      I hope your children enjoy them, and dream up their own Chuck Tales. *

      That is why I published this book.

      _____

      * At the end of the book are some basic storytelling suggestions for creating stories with your children, the same ones I used with Sammy.

      ***~~~***

      CHUCK TALE NO. 1, SURFER CHUCK

      This Chuck Tale started on a bright summer day as Chuck wandered down to see the kids. Chuck lived in a big pasture on a farm and the kids’ house was on one edge. The kids were brother and sister, Sam and Jenny.

      Chuck had made friends with the kids and could actually talk with them. Neither Chuck nor the kids knew that animals and people cannot talk to each other, so they just did.

      The kids’ parents thought Chuck was just a stuffed animal because whenever they came into the room, Chuck would freeze and sit still. As soon as the parents left, he would unfreeze and chatter again with the kids.

      So, Chuck on this day walked across the lawn, wriggled through the hedges, climbed up onto the window sill and zipped on through because Sam had left the window open for fresh air while they were watching TV.

      Chuck looked at the TV and saw someone standing on a long board riding this huge wave. He asked, What is he doing?

      Oh hi, Chuck. That's a surfer. He is surfing on his surfboard.

      Wow, Chuck said, that looks like fun. I wonder if I could try that? And by the way, why is that board painted such bright colors?

      Sam answered, I don't know. I guess it looks cool or maybe it makes them go faster.

      Maybe it just makes him think he going faster, added Jenny.

      Chuck asked, Could I borrow some of your paints? I think I want to make a surfboard.

      The kids looked at our favorite little woodchuck and his stubby, chubby little legs and laughed, saying, Yeah, sure, here is some paint and a brush for you.

      Chuck wandered out through the window and brought his paint back to his woodchuck hole. He thought out loud, I wonder where I can get a piece of board? Hmm, I remember I saw some wood in back of the old barn.

      So, he went to the old barn and tried standing up different pieces till he found one just the right length for him. He dragged it to his hole and said, Now how am I going to get a nice pointy shape on the thing? Maybe a saw? Hmm. Oh, I know.

      He dragged it down to the stream where Billy and Bucky Beaver were, as usual, arguing about who was the better tree cutter. Chuck said, Hey guys, I have something for you to try.

      Try what, Chuck?‎ asked Billy.

      I want to make a surfboard and I need some real craftsmen carpenters to help me.

      A surfboard, what’s that? asked Bucky.

      It's something ‎you stand on and ride through the waves. It’s really cool.

      Bucky said, I guess we can give you a hand. What do you want us to do?‎

      Well, said Chuck, the front end I want nice and pointy and the back-end kind of tapered around and kind of square in the back. Here, I will take my paint brush and draw the outline for you. So, he took the brush and painted the outline of what he wanted.

      That's pretty easy, said Bucky. Stand back and watch the chips fly. Billy took the right side; Bucky took the left side as they agreed, We will race to the back and see who finishes first.

      CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP they went, and their teeth flashed and their tails flailed and the sawdust and wood chips flew every which way. Pretty soon by and by, they were both to the back end.

      I finished first! yelled Billy.

      No, I finished first! yelled Bucky.

      Chuck laughed and said, You guys, you tied. You're both master carpenter beavers. Just look at my nice surfboard. Kowabunga.

      Chuck had heard Sam say that word and liked how it sounded. Do you like how Kowabunga sounds?

      Soon all the other animals were coming out to see what was going on because it was kind of a boring summer day. The chipmunks came out, the squirrels came out, even the crows flew over to see what was happening. They all asked, My goodness, Chuck, what are you doing now?

      He answered, I'm building a surfboard.‎

      A surfboard, what's that? one of the chipmunks asked.

      So, all the animals listened as Chuck told them what a surfboard was and what it was for. Well, they all wanted to help. They got some sand and rubbed it on the board to smooth it, since they did not have sandpaper.

      Then Chuck opened his cans of paint. Just then some butterflies flitted up and Chuck decided to paint the board their colors. He sketched an outline on the surfboard, filled in bright colors and then set it in the sun to dry. It was quick drying paint, so it didn't take more than about an hour before it was ready.

      Then Pete, one of the crows, observed, That’s a pretty racy surfboard, all right. But you forgot one thing. Where are the waves to ride?

      "Waves! Uh-oh. I forgot I need waves to ride a

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