Tigers in the Forest

By K.D.Johnson

This Allegory symbolizes the challenges of nurturing and protecting children, in the sometimes harsh realities of the world. Therefore, this short story is dedicated to all parents, or caretakers of children, a very important and difficult job.

Foreword

I'm an Educator, in the field of Education.
I have taught Physics, as a teaching Fellow, in the Science
department at Harvard University. I have also taught in schools in China, and also Japan.
I have also taught, as a volunteer, in the junior high
schools of Boston's public school system.
These experiences gave me the chance to meet many different kinds of people from very diverse cultures.
Although these cultures are very different, I have found one thing in common. No matter where I went or who I met, I saw that the children from each of these cultures were faced with the same dangers. These dangers where not the dangers of anything physical, such as being in the path
of a car, truck or tiger. The danger that the children faced was something much more lethal, the invisible spoken word.
A harshly spoken word to a child is often not seen or heard by the parents or caretakers of the child. Often, the words are invisible to everyone, except the child.
This leaves the children defenseless, in a world they cannot understand.

-K.D .Johnson

• Language: English
• Publisher: K.D.Johnson
• Release date: Sep 29, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310741135

K.D.Johnson

Hi everyone, I am an educator, teacher and now author. My teaching assignments have included teaching fellow in Physics at Harvard University. Volunteer teaching in China, Japan as well as Boston Massachusetts

Book preview

Tigers in the Forest

A Short Story Novella

Kenneth D. Johnson

Copyright © K.D. Johnson 2015

Hybrid Systems Publishing

Tokyo, Japan

A coffee break book

drawings by

Chihiro Iwasaki

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Contents

Acknowledgement

Foreword

Tigers in the Forest

Afterthought

Drawings

1. Tiffany sitting in the Forest

2. Tiffany and Michael walk to school

3. The imaginary Tigers in the Forest

Acknowledgement

This Allegory symbolizes the challenges of nurturing and protecting children, in the sometimes harsh realities of the world. Therefore, this short story is dedicated to all parents, or caretakers of children, a very important and difficult job.

Foreword

I’m an Educator, in the field of Education. I have taught Physics, as a teaching Fellow, in the Science department at Harvard University. I have also taught in schools in China, and also Japan.