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    Those Kids in Proverbsville
    Those Kids in Proverbsville
    Those Kids in Proverbsville
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    Those Kids in Proverbsville

    By Elizabeth Rice Handford

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    This is a small volume of great, character-building stories based on truths from the Book of Proverbs, for which children will have an appreciation. Illustrations are included for each of the 20 short stories.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSword of the Lord Foundation
    Release dateAug 11, 2016
    ISBN9781370710874
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      Those Kids in Proverbsville - Elizabeth Rice Handford

      Those Kids in Proverbsville

      by

      Elizabeth Rice Handford

      Illustrated by Robert Danuser

      P. O. Box 1099 • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37133

      (800) 251-4100 • (615) 893-6700 • FAX (615) 848-6943

      www.SwordoftheLord.com

      Copyright 1976 (Revised 2013) by

      Sword of the Lord Publishers

      Distributed by Smashwords

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be used or reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (printed, written, photocopied, electronic, audio or otherwise) without prior written permission of the publisher.

      All Scripture quotations are from the King James Bible.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Chapter 1—The Bicycle Sort of Built for Two

      Chapter 2—When Pigs Wear Diamond Rings in Their Noses

      Chapter 3—When Mother Went to the Hospital

      Chapter 4—Danny Does a Wheelie

      Chapter 5—Why Did Thurmond Howl in the Night?

      Chapter 6—Lucky—Lucky?—Stan Gets a Bike

      Chapter 7—When a Friend Lets You Down

      Chapter 8—The Girl Who Had Everything

      Chapter 9—Of Whom Should Todd Really Be Afraid?

      Chapter 10—Who Messed Up the Pioneer Village?

      Chapter 11—When Donnie's Bum Leg Kept Him Out of the Club

      Chapter 12—Who Will Win the Talent Contest?

      Chapter 13—What Happened to Eddie's New Jacket?

      Chapter 14—Carol Makes a Bargain With the Principal

      Chapter 15—The Bully Sets a Trap for Matthew

      Chapter 16—Is It Any Use Trying to Help Kevin?

      Chapter 17—What Could Be More Dangerous Than a Car Smash-up?

      Chapter 18—Can Pam Trust God to Make Even Disgrace All Right?

      Chapter 19—How Can Teddy Be Happy When He Lost the Race?

      Chapter 20—Why Couldn't Tony Go to Sunday School?

      INTRODUCTION

      Proverbsville, USA, looks like any other medium-sized town in America. It's those kids who live there that make the town so curious and exciting. You're looking at Proverbsville from Foley's Mountain. (Yes, I know it's a hill, not a mountain, and you know it's a hill, but the Proverbsville kids call it Foley's Mountain.) That's where Keith won the Soap Box Derby race last summer, but lost it because—

      Oops! I nearly told you the story, and it isn't time yet...later. You can see General Hospital over on the right. That's where Danny landed when he tangled with—oh, there I go again, nearly telling the story too soon.

      Shubert's Creek runs along that valley behind the church. Proverbsville kids call it the Great Gray-Green Greasy Limpopo River, like in Kipling's How the Elephant Got Its Trunk, since it runs through town and gets, well, sort of gray-green greasy! One time—aha! You'll have to wait for that story too.

      That's the Daily Journal building in the center of town. A newspaper office is a surprising place to find an eleven-year-old boy. How Teddy got there makes an interesting tale.

      As you can see, Proverbsville is a city full of kids and stories waiting to be told, and that's what this book is all about.

      I have to tell you (though I 'spect you are smart enough to have guessed it already) that of course all these stories have a moral to them. They're intended to help you build a strong Christian character. They'll teach you how good Christian kids ought to act in all sorts of hard situations. They'll show you the good habits God wants you to develop. I've chosen twenty of the most important of these and made up a story to illustrate each one.

      The drawings for Those Kids in Proverbsville were drawn by Mr. Robert Danuser of Greenville, South Carolina. He used to draw Donald Duck and other cartoon characters for Walt Disney, but now he likes to use his pencil for Jesus.

      Why is the town named Proverbsville? Because of the book in the Bible called Proverbs. God gave the proverbs to King Solomon to teach his little boy how to be a good Christian. There'll be a proverb for each story, and you can memorize it.

      All set? Good. Paul and Steve were riding their bikes on a lonely trail nine miles north of Proverbsville. Paul's bike broke down. There was no telephone to call for help, no place to leave the bike, and darkness was falling swiftly. What could they do? Find out by reading this exciting first chapter!

      Chapter 1—The Bicycle Sort of Built for Two

      Those Thrifty Kids in Proverbsville

      "Steve, what time is it? Hey, that's a nice watch. Where'd you get it?" Paul was scooping up a jumble of toys and books from the floor of his room, and Steve was waiting for him to finish so they could go to the ball game.

      "This watch? Bought it at the school lost-and-found sale. It didn't work, but my dad showed me how to clean it. Look, if you

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