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Summer
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Jonas is in a swamp picking food for his family during low tide. All of a sudden the water starts filling in but he remembers what his grandfather told him about those situations. It was almost like his grandfather was there telling him what to do. He
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Nana Myma was making good ol Caribbean food when Jonas got home. He was still thinking about the whole situation with his grandfather. His grandfather was the best storyteller in Hog Hammock. His grandmother asked him to tell the story at the annual is
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Since Jonas' dad and uncle are away working, Jonas and Zeek went down to the water to catch shrimp for gumbo. Jonas always kept his lucky coin that his grandmother gave him. Again it seemed as though his grandfather was there. Jonas caught a lot of sh
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After they were done shrimping, they went to the graveyard. THey started to play with their slingshot when all of a sudden Jonas slingshot took off a piece of his grandfather's headstone. At the time, he didn't know his sister was watching. His sister
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Jonas dad came home early and found the slingshot by the grave and was very disappointed in Jonas. He made him clean the entire graveyard and tell his grandmother what really happened.
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His grandmother thought Jonas had been upset because he was too young to tell a story to the adults. She was sure that Jonas had the gift of storytelling. She was very disappointed in Jonas but forgave him.
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The night of the big telling of the story, Jonas dad was just about to get up when Jonas insisted on telling the story. He did a great job of telling them about one of grandfather's favorite stories. He realized that night that the stories were real an
