A new manuscript from
Dick Scoppettone
Dick Scoppettone
GOODBYE, HEAVEN
Speed Jackson in
the Land of the Gods
the Land of the Gods
"I had a thought. It passed through on its way to somewhere else. I have no idea where it went," said Speed.
"What was your thought?" Elmer asked.
"I don't remember. Something about earthquakes."
Admission to the farm was fifteen bucks, and the first thing that caught the visitor's eyes was a cast-iron pony in the middle of the apple orchard. The air was filled with wonder just like they had read, and the barn was right where they envisioned it; the little cottage with the stoop roof covered in ivy was an exact match, fully restored, of course, and believe it or not, there was even the famed lamppost. They were at Deerfield Farm, the Land of the Gods, in a hidden valley in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where a suffocating fire had roared through several years before. The main differences now were the signs pointing toward all the locations in the best-selling book, The Mountain Greenery Aflame, by Tom Pascal, recounting the forest disaster that had claimed part of this paradise in the 80s. Thank God that was over now. Thank all the gods.
While the animals scrambled through that one, thinking it was the worst, they hadn't met the real challenge yet.
"What was your thought?" Elmer asked.
"I don't remember. Something about earthquakes."
Admission to the farm was fifteen bucks, and the first thing that caught the visitor's eyes was a cast-iron pony in the middle of the apple orchard. The air was filled with wonder just like they had read, and the barn was right where they envisioned it; the little cottage with the stoop roof covered in ivy was an exact match, fully restored, of course, and believe it or not, there was even the famed lamppost. They were at Deerfield Farm, the Land of the Gods, in a hidden valley in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where a suffocating fire had roared through several years before. The main differences now were the signs pointing toward all the locations in the best-selling book, The Mountain Greenery Aflame, by Tom Pascal, recounting the forest disaster that had claimed part of this paradise in the 80s. Thank God that was over now. Thank all the gods.
While the animals scrambled through that one, thinking it was the worst, they hadn't met the real challenge yet.