The Return of the Snowman in the Backyard

By Dave Williams (MAED)

Watch out Cosby kids. Move over Dennis the Menace. Step aside Pipi Longstockings. This kid will turn you into a block of ice.

This is a humorous story about child rivalry. A brother and sister seek revenge on one another due to the smallest of circumstances-a shortage of maple syrup to put on their pancakes. A fiasco develops when their Gr

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Williams
• Release date: Feb 5, 2024
• ISBN: 9781962587204

Dave Williams (MAED)

DAVID WILLIAMS is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a graduate of Princeton High School. His Freelance writing career started in 1997, with the publication of his first young adult novel: "The Return of the Snowman in the Backyard." Soon afterwards he attained his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, and pursued work as a Freelance Journalist. He conducted interviews and contributed news to the Cincinnati Herald pertaining to celebrity t.v. host Montel Williams, Queen City Foundation Interim Director, Toryln O'neal, Hamilton County Sheriff, Simon Lease, and a host of other locally known figures. As a Freelance writer, his periodic endeavor has been contributing stories to a Global, online news network-"Blasting News." He has crafted, and published an abundance of news and opinion stories of subjects ranging from Racism in Education in the United States to Cyber Warfare Attacks.

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Contents

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 1

(Bouncin Back)

It was the dead of winter when a strange looking snowman appeared in the backyard at Grandma’s house. Its unusual features left no doubt about who the creator was. It stood a little over five feet, but what made it look so strange were the dark shaded sunglasses covering two burnt black pancakes that served as its eyes. A banana was stuck in the middle of its face to serve as its nose, and several strawberries were used to make its mouth. To make it even more original, the creator placed a broke down black top-hat on its head and wrapped a ragged plaid scarf around its neck.

Visions of hot buttered pancakes spun in their heads as the slept through the cold winter night. Maple syrup smiled flashed across their young innocent faces to signify their eagerness for tomorrow morning’s breakfast. The dynamic duo were asleep, but their dreams lived on.

David and Samantha were known, respectively, as Fearless and Frightening by their friends, family, and Foe. They had just had a wonderfully trying and exhausting day today. The only person who was more exhausted than them was their grandmother, who at the end of this day was growing gray hair by the millisecond.

On this particular day the scene at the shopping mall could have been compared to the aftermath of an earthquake. These two seemingly innocent, sweet, darling little kids could have redefined the term Frontal Assault for the United Stated military.

Anyway, Grandma made her rules clear to them right before they set out on their trip to the shopping mall. I want you to do what I tell you to do, when I tell you. Do you understand me? Walk, and don’t run in the store, and behave like you were in church. Well, a lot of good that did because she still had to put up with their constant bickering, their antics, and the never ending rivalry that they were destined to perpetrate on humanity.

In retrospect, the friction that brought on this historic escapade began early that morning at the breakfast table, and a shortage of maple syrup was the predominate factor. It seems that Samantha’s healthy appetite for the sweet, honey-brown liquid left a dry and sour taste in David’s mouth because she used up what little was left. And accordingly, David got mad. His growling stomach was soon accompanied by a ferocious attitude. That’s how it all started.

Furthermore, Samantha’s facetious laughter during David’s ranting and raving spell didn’t help matters very much either.