Grandpa's Scrapbook
Grandpa's Scrapbook Grandpa's Scrapbook "Grandpa, tell us a story!" Elizabeth said to her grandfather. Elizabeth and her brother Jesse were visiting their grandfather. "Yes, Grandpa! Please tell us a story!" Jesse said. "I'll do better than that," their grandfather said. "I'll show you a story!" Elizabeth and Jesse were lucky. Their grandfather was Mark Twain. He was one of America's favorite writers. Not only did he write the best stories, but he told the best stories too. They were al
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Grandpa's Scrapbook
Grandpa's Scrapbook
"Grandpa, tell us a story!" Elizabeth said to her grandfather.Elizabeth and her brother Jesse were visiting their grandfather.
"Yes, Grandpa! Please tell us a story!" Jesse said.
"I'll do better than that," their grandfather said. "I'll show you a story!"
Elizabeth and Jesse were lucky. Their grandfather was Mark Twain.He was one of America's favorite writers.
Not only did he write the best stories, but he told the best stories too.They were all about his childhood in his homeland of Missouri.
"How are you going to show us a story, Grandpa?" Jesse asked.
Grandpa pulled a big, worn book out of a tall bookcase. "This is my special scrapbook.It has pictures of the places I loved when I was your age.It's a book full of wonderful adventures."
Jesse and Elizabeth sat on the floor next to their grandfather.His scrapbook was set out in front of them. Grandpa was a tall man.Even when they were all sitting down, he was towering over them.
"Let's begin," Grandpa said. The children sat as quietly as sculptures.
"My hometown is Hannibal, Missouri," Grandpa said. "There is a big river there.It is called the Mississippi River, and it is about a mile wide!"Twain used some of his own childhood adventures in his famous books about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Grandpa showed them a picture of three boys playing by the river."That's me and my friends," Grandpa said."We always pretended we were pirates! We longed for adventure."
