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This is an old revision of Christmas1868 made by AnnCarpenter on 2013-02-06 19:27:21.
<#ann: Celeste has presents for the children. While learning to play chess she started trying to whittle pieces of sticks and kindling wood to make chess pieces. While it will be another year or so before she is good enough to actually make a chess set, she's not hesitating to use her "skill".: Callahan: A wooden ring that looks like a crown Deco: She's saved her schoolwork papers so that he can draw on the backs. Valerie: A handful of feathers she's found. Shawn: a roughly whittled king chesspiece Erin: a roughly whittled dolly Minnie: also gets a doll Jeanne: a wooden frog and a wooden fish Cole: a roughly whittled Knight chesspiece (Cole knows that this is her favorite piece, and wouldn't be concerned that Shawn got the king) Ollie: a whittled cat #>
<#court: Jeanne is delighted with the wood carvings. She also has gifts for the other children, and is excited to give them out. For Celeste she has a bunch of sassafras roots tied together with string (for making tea, since Celeste is interested in nursing). For Callahan and Shawn, she has pieces of flint (broken off from the one she brought to the orphanage). For Deco, a chunk of lime he can use as chalk. For Valerie, an opaque stone from the riverbed. For Erin and Minnie, dried flowers tucked in a pocket of moss. For Cole, dried leaves stuck into the shape of a star (like a badge). For Ollie, a flat rock with a cross of lime sketched on it (and a grin). #>
<#bill: Cole is excited by both gifts. The knife he puts in his pocket and starts carrying around with him like his harmonica. When he plays chess from then on he always replaces one of the regular knights on his side with this carved knight. It also becomes clear that he hates to lose that piece in the game and will maneuver to protect it - as a result his playing starts to suffer. With the badge - I want him to attach it to his shirt....but I'm not sure how he would do that? Suggestions?
After the others have given their gifts, Cole gives out his own - pulling them out from beneath his bed one by one. Deco: An Indian Paint Rock Callahan: A playing card - the King of Spades (story about finding it) Shawn: a piece of a broken cannonball (story) Valerie: another old coin Erin: a dried chicken bone with some gouges cut into it. Cole explains that "Abner says that Marie Laveau (the local voodoo priestess) says it brings good health if you sleep with it under your pillow." Minnie: A piece of paper with her favorite bible verse carefully written out and illustrated with drawings. Jeanne: an empty flour sack "In case yours gets full." Ollie: a speckled bird egg with a cracked shell (it's clearly old, and not going to hatch) Celeste: an empty perfume bottle, though the top is missing (story).
I thought about having Minnie react very negatively to the gift to Erin since it's "unchristian." Anyone have thoughts on that? How that might go? #>
<#ann: I like the idea of Minnie being a bit sniffy about Erin's gift from Cole. What is the story behind my present? #>
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