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Author: Emily Carr

Chain Gang

Published: 1942
Written by Emily Carr
Categories: The Book of Small

The two sisters a lot older than I taught the two sisters a little older about many things, but when I was old enough to puzzle over these same things and to ask questions I was told, “Don’t pester! Don’t ask questions just for the sake of asking.” But…

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Doctor and Dentist

Published: 1942
Written by Emily Carr
Categories: The Book of Small

When Victoria was young specialists had not been invented –the Family Doctor did you all over. You did not have a special doctor for each part. Dr. Helmcken attended to all our ailments–Father’s gout, our stomach-aches; he even told us what to do once when the cat had fits.

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Loyalty

Published: 1942
Written by Emily Carr
Categories: The Book of Small

Medina’s Grove was a gentle place; its moist mildness softened even the starch in Father and begged the twinkle that sat behind his stern grey eyes to come out. The Grove had not the sombre weight that belongs to the forest, nor had it the bare coldness of a…

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