Marvel Mansion Gang

By Connie Ellen

Marvel Mansion is an old house in the rural country. Not really a mansion but to the brothers, sisters, and neighborhood friends, it looks pretty big. The story takes place during school's summer vacation and how they became a gang to help protect their friend, Nelda Lou from harm's way. The book will take you into the lives of friends forever and how they managed to stay busy and have fun at the same time. You will meet an Ole Oak Tree who loves the gang and how his friends are tree frogs, believe it or not. You will meet a mystery man who the gang tries desperately to find out who or what he is. Read the book and let you mind wander with the characters. Is Nelda Lee in harm's way? And will they find the answers to their questions?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Mar 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781426966286

Connie Ellen

Connie Ellen never thought she’d be able to publish her ideas and stories, but here is her first published book! The author has lived in the Midwest all her life. They were eight in the family, and life was never dull with the company she always had. She is married with four children and seven grandchildren, all of whom get to listen to her stories. When they tell her what they like and dislike in these storytelling get-togethers, she realizes that kids have a different way of looking at life. Connie is a registered nurse and has also taught high school for several years, but for her, writing about her experiences with her brothers when she was growing up is a lot more fun.

Book preview

Marvel%20Mansion%20graphic%20%2329%20copy.tif

CHAPTER 1

Marvel Mansion Gang

R andall Ray came out the front door at a run. The girls were already up in the tree waiting for him. It was easy to tell why he was late—he had put-away duty. All the kids had to help with certain chores and doing the dishes was one of them. His job this week was to put away the dishes, which meant getting done last. He had to wait until all the drying and washing was over.

After the screened door slammed, Randall Ray turned and jumped off the porch and over the bushes. Now these were not ordinary bushes. They were majestic. Each stem had a little bouquet of small white flowers, and when you touched them they would scatter in the breeze causing a white cloud of flower pedals. Corrie Ellen thought they were the most beautiful flowers she had ever seen and she spent her time, when she was not swinging in the old porch swing, gathering the little bouquets. The majestic bushes surrounded the house on three sides and there was a jumping-over place at each end of the porch. The bushes had been jumped over so many times they had grooves on their tops.

I hate putting away, yelled Randall Ray. Next week it’s your turn Corrie Ellen. Corrie looked down at him as he started to climb the massive oak tree that stood in the front yard. She was sitting in her usual spot near the top.

It’s not my fault. I washed as fast as I could. Bernice Betty is too slow drying, exclaimed Corrie Ellen. Randall Ray took his seat, and they looked in the direction of Nelda Lou’s house. This house had been the subject of their meetings for about a week.

Donna Belle said, Do you think It will be out tonight?

Randall Ray shuttered, Probably, we have to keep watch. They agreed and would all try to be back. Down they climbed. Each went their separate ways, except Corrie Ellen and Randall Ray.

Corrie Ellen wondered, Do you think Donna Belle will get to come back tonight? She has to be very careful sneaking out. Last night her brother Donald kept watch for her, but he can’t do that every night.

Randall Ray explained. If she couldn’t come all the time, he would have to keep her informed about It. We will need everyone to help, he reasoned.

School vacation was hard enough on farm kids. They knew they would not be able to see their friends for three months. So what do they do? Play, work, and make—believe. Some of their make-believe will come true as their adventure unfolds.

Farm kids had to make up something to make the summer go faster. This was not the case with the gang that lived within the south boundary. From an ole tree to an old man, this gang was surrounded by magic. They did not realize it, but it was there. Read on and imagine yourself as one of The Marvel Mansion Gang.

Marvel%20Mansion%20graphic%20%232%20copy.tifrandall%20ray%20pic%20copy.tif

CHAPTER 2

Responsibility

S chool was out for the summer, and already the gang at Marvel Mansion was up to something. Marvel Mansion was not really a mansion. It was just a big, old farmhouse with three bedrooms upstairs and one bedroom downstairs. It did have a bathroom in it, but it was pretty crowded with eight kids and their parents.

Marvel Mansion came about its name by accident. Down the road, Nelda Lou lived with her family. They owned the Marvel farm. Their house was very modern and nice, but it just had Nelda Lou in it. Nelda Lou liked our house better. She called it her Marvel Mansion, meaning to her it was a special place to play. So