Neighborhood Kids: In the "Good Times"

By James E Evans

This book is about the children who lived in a small neighborhood, a neighborhood of peace and love, and having fun as a child and finding your talents.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9781662477898

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Neighborhood Kids

In the Good Times

James E Evans

Copyright © 2022 James E. Evans

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2022

ISBN 978-1-6624-7788-1 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-6624-7789-8 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

About the Author

There was once a kid named J-Jay Make-Believe who believed he could write a poem and bring good times out of any bad situation.

He lived on a neighborhood block called the Nine (9), with his friends named the Tall One, Scootsie, Joker Jes, and Dre-Ski's; they were all close friends who did just about everything together. One day J-Jay Make-Believe had an idea. He said, I guarantee I can make the tall one smile. But you must close your eyes and listen very carefully to my poem.

Are you ready? he asked. It goes…

Sometimes you're gonna be sad.

Sometimes you're gonna be mad.

But we can have anything in the world that we want

If we only think positive

And believe that we can.

You help me, and I help you

‘Cause working together is better with a friend. Understand?

Scootsie yelled, Look at his face! He's smiling.

Joker Jes and Dre-Ski's broke out laughing, saying, He sure is. You can't hide that one. I can see it. This would be the first time that J-Jay Make-Believe learned how to use his gift.

At home where J-Jay Make-Believe lived, he had two cousins: a girl named Lisa and a boy named E-Preacher.

They were close in age, only a year apart between the two, but several years older than J-Jay Make-Believe. Every morning Lisa would grab J-Jay Make-Believe, hold him down, and tickle him, until he smiled or broke out into laughter.

They had a special bond that seemed to be inseparable. She would help J-Jay Make-Believe build up his self-esteem.

She would sit patiently and listen while J-Jay Make-Believe would read the poems he wrote. One morning she became impatient and said, Boy, hurry up so I can go outside and Hula-Hoop, then get some jump rope in. J-Jay Make-Believe thought for a second, opened his mouth, and said:

Every time I