Gator Tators

By Ted Campbell

Gator Tators is the story of a young boy named Tommy and a baby alligator he named Molly who was abandoned shortly after birth. Tommy discovers Molly on the end of his crawfish line and realizes that she is in need of food as well as other help. Tommy takes Molly home with him, and she quickly establishes herself as a cherished member of the family and the inseparable playmate of Alex, the family's energetic and lovable little pooch. Alex quickly establishes himself as the big brother figure although he is a dog and she is an alligator. He introduces Molly to all of the games and tricks every dog enjoys. Molly is quite the quick learner and eventfully masters all of the tricks Alex teaches her. As Molly grows larger, it becomes clear to the family that she will soon outgrow their home. The family and Molly are forced to make a difficult and painful decision. The eventual solution is quite the surprise for everyone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 20, 2019
• ISBN: 9781642586756

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Gator Tators

Ted Campbell

Copyright © 2019 by Ted Campbell

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Molly was an alligator who had been befriended and raised by a young boy named Tommy. Tommy and Molly became a pair after Tommy found Molly down by his favorite crawfish hole. Molly had been abandoned by her mother shortly after birth because she had been born with a birth defect, poor vision. Because of that poor vision, Molly was unable to keep up with her other brothers and sisters. Molly had been left by her mother to fend for herself or die.

Well, as the story goes, Tommy was baiting his crawfish line expecting to fill his pail with crawfish just as he had done the day before. Suddenly, he realized he had left all of the crawfish bait in his bicycle pouch except for one small piece that remained on his string from the day before. He quickly ran over to his bicycle and retrieved the crawfish bait from the pouch.

When Tommy returned, he couldn’t help but notice that the end of his line was no longer visible but was instead tucked under a small bush. Each time he tugged at the line, it would tug back. He couldn’t imagine why the crawfish line was so difficult until he realized what was on the other end.

As he pulled a little harder on the line, to his surprise and astonishment, there was a tiny baby alligator holding snugly onto his crawfish line.

The tiny little alligator was holding on so tight that it flipped over onto its back. It was at that point she stopped resisting and was barely able to move. It was at that moment that Tommy realized that this small little gator had nearly starved. So he immediately opened the bait pouch and gave her some additional pieces. But in order for him to feed her, he had to hold food very close to her mouth. It appeared she was having difficulty finding the food when he laid it even right in front of her. So Tommy would rub it softly against her little snout and she would open her little mouth and begin to eat. Tommy had to be careful not to feed her too fast because that could have proven