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Readers who like short Christmas tales, Southern settings, and warm-hearted characters will enjoy this. It suits anyone who loves kindness shown in small deeds, and stories that are lovely to share out loud by the fire.
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Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales is a collection of stories by Ruth McEnery Stuart, who died in 1917. She wrote about the American South, and these pieces draw on Louisiana, New Orleans, and the Mississippi plantation country. Most of them gather around Christmas, though Easter and a Civil War night on the river have their turns too.
In this summary you meet a ten-year-old fig seller who learns what trust costs, a grandfather and grandson who share one banjo, a poor family that throws a dinner for lonely lodgers, and a duck who hatches the wrong eggs. There are also an old candy seller with a houseful of strays, a frail girl with a great plan, a writer and her devoted Mammy, and a small boy hunting a holiday dinner. You will find humor, warmth, and some sorrow. Let us begin with the title story, where a boy loses his pockets.
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- 1A boy named Crow loses his pocketsFree
- 2Trust is earned one day at a time
- 3Two Tims share a banjo
- 4A Christmas dinner for lonely neighbors
- 5Ducks, a candy seller, and a saint
- 6A writer, a rooster, and a Christmas pan
- 7How these tales are told
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A boy named Crow loses his pockets
The title story begins with Solomon Crow, a thin, bright ten-year-old whose mother, Tempest, taught him little about honesty. His twin brother died a day after birth, and Crow believes this angel twin watches him from the sky. He fears God as a punisher, since no one has ever told him otherwise.
Clever with money, Crow offers to pick figs on shares for old Mr. Cary and his wife. He hands over the larger basket and keeps the smaller one, which looks generous. But he hides green figs under ripe ones to sell for preserves.
Then he slips eggs from the henhouse into his basket, covered with figs. One day Mr. Cary asks for the smaller basket instead. Crow freezes, gapes, and stammers, and the eggs roll out onto the tray.
Mrs. Cary takes him to her library and speaks to him gently. For the first time he hears that God loves him, even now. Her husband is sterner. He orders Crow to cut the pockets from his clothes, so that he can come each day and prove himself with nothing hidden.
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Questions about Los bolsillos navideños de Solomon Crow y otros cuentos
What is Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets about?
The title story follows a clever ten-year-old boy who sells figs and is caught hiding eggs in his basket. An old couple gives him a second chance, and the story follows how he earns back their trust.
What does the title Christmas Pockets mean?
Pockets stand for trust. Crow has to cut his own pockets out of his clothes so that he can show he hides nothing, and he hopes to have them sewn back by Christmas.
What other stories are in the collection?
The book also has The Two Tims, The Freys' Christmas Party, Little Mother Quackalina, Old Easter, Saint Idyl's Light, Blink, and Duke's Christmas, along with two short poems.
Where and when are these stories set?
Most are set in Louisiana, in New Orleans and on the plantations along the Mississippi. One is set during the Civil War in April 1862, and others in the years after.
Is it easy to read aloud?
Yes, the tales are short and each has a clear story, lively talk, and a warm voice. The dialect gives the characters color, and the plots are easy to follow.