and as he stares into the sky, there are twice as many stars as usual
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Laura Gilpin. Shepherds of the Desert, 1934.
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Two-Headed Calf, by Laura Gilpin
Tomorrow when the farm boys find this
freak of nature, they will wrap his body
in newspaper and carry him to the museum.
But tonight he is alive and in the north
field with his mother. It is a perfect
summer evening: the moon rising over
the orchard, the wind in the grass. And
as he stares into the sky, there are
twice as many stars as usual.
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A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.
-- Laura Gilpin
(Zürich, Switzerland)
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i may be a freak of nature but tonight i am alive
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“Tomorrow when the farm boys find this
freak of nature, they will wrap his body
in newspaper and carry him to the museum.
But tonight he is alive and in the north
field with his mother. It is a perfect
summer evening: the moon rising over
the orchard, the wind in the grass. And
as he stares into the sky, there are
twice as many stars as usual.”
- Laura Gilpin
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two headed calf and his mother
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Visit "Wild Geese" if you'd like to hear it read by the author!
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Laura Gilpin. Mrs. Francis & Corn, 1933.
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Laura Gilpin - Hardbelly's Granddaughter, 1933, printed after 1933
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