A Flash of Red: The Childhood Legends Series, #6
By Judy Blevins and Carroll Multz
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Seeing Red…
To see a character from a fairy tale like Little Red Riding Hood up close and personal can be as much a nightmare as a dream.
My nickname is Genius and together with my friends, the Are You One Toos (R*U*1*2s), we were faced with an unimaginable dilemma: How to return a fairy tale celebrity back to fantasy land.
It was not Red, as we called her, but her storybook enemy, the Big Bad Wolf, that was the major concern. Red could have stayed if she had wanted; the Big Bad Wolf was a different story.
Follow us on our quest to preserve the sanctity of fairy tales and the dignity of those who are cast as stars therein.
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A Flash of Red - Judy Blevins
A FLASH OF RED
Copyright © 2017 Judith Blevins & Carroll Multz
All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher.
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Published by Barking Frog
an imprint of BHC Press
Library of Congress Control Number:
2017952206
Print edition ISBN:
978-1-946848-94-9
Also available in softcover
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www.bhcpress.com
Operation Cat Tale
One Frightful Day
Blue
The Ghost of Bradbury Mansion
White Out
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Back in Time
Treasure Seekers
56423Most of us some time in our lives have been intrigued by fairy tales. As time passed, we began to entertain doubt about their validity. Even today, skepticism abounds.
After you have read A Flash of Red and its predecessor, White Out, you may want to reconsider and admit that Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White are not make-believe characters after all. Since imagination has no boundaries, you are left to draw your own conclusions.
We owe special thanks to those kind souls who introduced us to fairy tales and taught us to consider a wide-range of possibilities. To them and to those who contributed to making this novel what it is, particularly Margie Vollmer Rabdau and our publisher, BHC Press, our continuing gratitude.
56502Cole, Emily, Joey, Kate, Kirsten,
Logan, Taran, Trenton, Bridgette,
Hannah, Irina and Caroline
Title_Page_Main_Flat_fmtTitle_Page_Main_Flat_fmt1Header_Flat_fmtPrologueOur newly formed club, the Are You One Toos ( R*U*1*2s for short), has close to two dozen members ranging in age from five to twelve years old. All the members live in and around our neighborhood and each was instrumental in converting an old apple shed into a fitting clubhouse.
Homer Pearson, Rhymin’ Sally’s father, gave us permission to use the shed as a clubhouse after Sally, a precocious five-year old, was threatened by a band of thugs. It’s been over a year since Sally was rescued from the lawless group, who as it turned out, had been cruising our neighborhood looking for something to steal or destroy. They descended on the apple stand on the edge of the apple orchard manned by Sally and her mother like a swarm of bees. Apparently, the thugs had staked out the stand as a target, and when Sally was left alone while her mother sought to replenish the apple supply, they struck.
The thugs would have made off with the cash drawer had it not been for a group of neighborhood youngsters returning from a school function and who just happened to be passing by the stand. Seeing what was happening, they immediately sprung to Sally’s aid. I am proud to say I was part of that group. We struggled with the intruders before the thugs were frightened away by Sally’s mother who, after seeing what was taking place, used her cell phone to summon Sally’s father. When Sally’s father arrived and was told about the heroic actions, he praised us and a bond was forged between the Pearsons and our neighborhood group.
What can we do to repay you?
Homer Pearson had asked.
Aw, it was nothing. We don’t need to be repaid,
either Shacoo or I replied.
However, when Sally’s father was persistent and insisted he be given the opportunity to repay us, I pointed to an abandoned apple storage shed that had stood vacant for a number of years in the middle of the Pearsons’ apple orchard and said, We are in the process of forming a club to occupy us for the summer and could use your apple shed as a clubhouse.
It’s yours,
Sally’s father replied without hesitation. I’ll meet you at the apple shed tomorrow at noon. We, that is the Pearson three, will have lunch waiting for you and your friends and we’ll explore what needs to be done to fashion that dilapidated old shed into a suitable clubhouse.
Yippee!
we all shouted.
The next day, with some of our fellow classmates, neighbors and friends, we descended upon the orchard. There were around two dozen in number. And as promised, the Pearsons had lunch waiting. After everyone had settled in, Sally asked each of us, one-by-one, if we were one of the heroes who had rescued her the day before.
Are you one too?
I remember her asking. And so it came to pass that the name of our newly formed club was conceived. From that point forward, we would be known as the Are You One Toos (R*U*1*2s). All those present, including Sally, became the coveted charter members.
With the help of Homer Pearson, we furnished the clubhouse with empty packing crates and other odds and ends we gathered from our families. Our mothers took turns providing sandwiches, drinks and snacks. It is cool inside the converted apple storage shed because the apple trees outside provide shade and a persistent breeze wafts through the open door and windows as if on cue.
The clubhouse is soon jammed with an assortment of games and books. During these summer months, Shacoo and I take turns reading to our fellow R*U*1*2s. Our eighth grade teacher to be had challenged us to do something over the summer to promote education in our respective neighborhoods. At first, we did this to satisfy the homework assignment but it was not long before we discovered it was not only educational but fun as well.
Everyone looks forward to our reading sessions. The reading sessions have not only become a hobby, but an obsession, and needless to say, our parents are delighted that we are not whittling away our time or getting into mischief.
It was not long before we outgrew the apple storage shed and moved our clubhouse to the larger bunkhouse at the other end of the orchard.
Header_Flat_fmt56619Iliterally run through the Pearson’s orchard hoping I will arrive at the clubhouse before Shacoo and Tank get there. It’s the last day of school and I’m hopeful that this summer will be the best one ever. Summer always arrives in Jefferson City with a bang, and today the ninth of June, is no exception. The early afternoon is hot and humid. Gathering gray clouds hang low in the sky and overshadow the sun. It looks as though rain is certain. At our meeting on Saturday, our club, the R*U*1*2s, agreed to meet at the clubhouse today after our last day of school so we could celebrate the beginning of a much welcomed summer vacation. Our school year had been punishing and we were glad to leave it behind us.
Oh, by the way, perhaps I should introduce myself. My name is Robert Bailey but the club members