Ticket to Curlew (2013)
“It would open again in early April if the roads were passable. In the winter the weather was too chancey to risk sending children several miles over the bald prairie. They might get caught in a blizzard, lose their way and never get home.
Chalkey told them about a teacher over in Saskatchewan who sent the children home one day when snow began to fall. “But she wasn’t really worried,” he went on. “She was from back east and she figured western folks were exaggerating about blizzards. She stay...ed to mark some papers. By the time she decided to go home, she couldn’t see six inches in front of her. She ended up spending five days all alone in the schoolhouse, and she had to burn the books to keep warm. I guess she was the one who learned a lesson.”
The pupils planned to rush through their lessons during the last week of school so they could spend the afternoons preparing for the Christmas concert. It would be held Friday evening, and every one of them would take part in the program.MoreLess
Chalkey told them about a teacher over in Saskatchewan who sent the children home one day when snow began to fall. “But she wasn’t really worried,” he went on. “She was from back east and she figured western folks were exaggerating about blizzards. She stay...ed to mark some papers. By the time she decided to go home, she couldn’t see six inches in front of her. She ended up spending five days all alone in the schoolhouse, and she had to burn the books to keep warm. I guess she was the one who learned a lesson.”
The pupils planned to rush through their lessons during the last week of school so they could spend the afternoons preparing for the Christmas concert. It would be held Friday evening, and every one of them would take part in the program.MoreLess
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