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Catherine Buck

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An Appalachian Tale: Mars Johnston and his Bees

Submitted to Contest #205

An Appalachian Tale: Mars Johnston and his Bees When Mars Johnston's pa died, Mars became the keeper of the family bees. The ten year old knew he had been given a great responsibility; he couldn't be slack, especially if he wanted to have food on the table for his family. As soon as the sun started going down on the first day of Daniel Johnston's death, his wife gathered up her two sons to walk down into the meadow behind their house. All three carried strips of black cloth to place around the family's hives. Once the str...

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