A story for children
SIX INCHES TO ENGLAND

 

  Thanks to Miss True's children
 
A visitor was due at school as soon as recess was over.  Miss True told the children to act their best.  It was an author and she was going to read them a story from England.
     The author began, "The sisters Grimwade lived in the Wood.  The Wood is nothing like the woods (with an 's') that grow in New Hampshire or Vermont . . . "  Tyler raised his hand.  Miss True shot him a glance and then smiled pleasantly as the author looked up.
     "How far is it from New Hampshire to the Wood?" he asked.
     The Wood, about which the author was reading, was in England.  Did anyone know, she asked, how far it was from New Hampshire to England?  Nathan, wanting to do his best, leaped from his desk and raced toward the large map that hung over the far end of the blackboard and covered all but the X, Y, and Z of the alphabet.  Ruler in hand, he climbed on a chair and began his measurements.  "It's exactly six inches!"
     All the children were pleased to know the answer.
     "Thank you, Nathan."  It would make a good story, the author thought.  You could read it when you grew up, and had forgotten those days when distance had no meaning -- nor "foreigners," nor "strangers".

 

  

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