Just Like Jonah Wail Tales
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This revised collection can be used with "Just Like Jonah Wail Tales Workbook," the parent/teacher/independent study edition with discussion questions and Scripture citations. Each has the same eight wail tales, or exaggerated tales of woe involving modern Jonahs who land in a whale of trouble!
In the stories, the main characters make a variety of mistakes, but repent and turn to God -- demonstrating the biblical path to salvation.
Young adult readers learn about pride, lust for power and recognition, fear as sin, rebellion, selfishness, underage drinking and other important issues through these fictitious characters.
Cheryl Rogers
Former journalist Cheryl Rogers writes around the edges of farming and family life in the Swan Valley, near Perth. Her short fiction has been published in Australia, the UK and USA, and she is a three time winner of the Henry Lawson Society of New South Wales short story award. In 1998, a memoir co-written with fellow University of Western Australia graduate and friend, Gun Dolva, was short-listed for the WA Premier’s Book of the Year Award. A longtime member of Sisters in Crime (Australia), Cheryl loves a mystery.
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Just Like Jonah Wail Tales - Cheryl Rogers
Just Like Jonah
Wail Tales
By Cheryl Rogers
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2010 Cheryl Rogers, Tampa, Florida
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Cover Image: Matthew Hull, Morguefile
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Special thanks to my son, David, whose enthusiasm for this book was contagious.
Table of Contents
Preface
An Election Too Close to Call
Grace for Grace
Barry Gets it Right
Cary Gives Up
Psss-ssst! There are NO Secrets
Phil Faces Hitler
in the Classroom
Evie’s Miraculous Transformation
Polly Wants Some Booze?
About the Author
Preface
Okay, so you’re wondering just what are wail tales. Wail tales are fish tales, of a sort. They are fun and a little bit exaggerated stories of woe with a Christian message. The characters learn, just like Jonah in the Bible, that: 1) There’s a price to pay when we disobey and 2) Even when we fall, God hears our call.
While some wail tales may contain another lesson from Jonah, they all focus on disobedience, the price of disobedience, a prayer of faith, and God’s rescue.
So just dive in! Let the truth of God’s word sink in as you read these wail tales about folks who learned lessons the hard way, just like Jonah.
If you want to write your own wail tale, I’d like to hear from you. Use your imagination and create a story where someone gets into a whale of trouble for doing the wrong thing. Need some ideas? Check the Ten Commandments. Not everyone has a mission like Jonah, but we’re all told to be honest, honorable and loving. If we break one of these commandments, we’re not listening to God, just like Jonah.
Have fun getting your character into – and out of – a whale of trouble! And be sure to submit your tale for possible inclusion in a blog or book update. Contact me on Facebook or through my online magazine, New Christian Books.
An Election Too Close to Call
Steve stayed close to the basketball as his opponent was dribbling, his hands poised to snap it from under the other boy’s control. The score was 30-30 and the two middle school teams were battling for the season championship. Steve was his team’s top player, and all eyes in the auditorium watched as he slapped the ball away and began dribbling it toward his team’s basket. With an ease that comes from long hours of practice, he gracefully flung the basketball through the hoop as the bell shrilled, signaling the end of the game!
The crowd’s cheers were almost deafening as Steve’s teammates carried him around the court celebrating their team’s victory. He held his arms upwards with clenched fits yelling B-L-A-Z-E-R-S, blazers are the best!
Steve had practiced every day after school, sometimes with the team and sometimes with a friend or two. He’d been playing regularly since third grade and it showed. Coach Billy relied on Steve for those tough plays, especially when the pressure was on to perform. Steve seemed oblivious to the pressure. It was almost as if the basketball, hoop and Steve were alone in the auditorium, his concentration was so intense. Naturally outgoing, he enjoyed the glory that came to him after sinking the tough shot, over and over again.
Steve’s success on the basketball court spilled over into other areas of his life. The girls recognized him as a winner and frequently crowded around him to praise him for the team’s latest victory, and his contributions to it. Even the teachers seemed to keep up with the team’s accomplishments – and Steve’s.
Steve seemed to know instinctually that hard work paid off, and he applied the principle to his school work as well, earning good grades most of the time. He also inherited his father’s handsome visage, which he noted with pleasure every time he carefully combed his thick wavy brown hair in the mirror. He’d smile at himself and say, You handsome devil you,
as he put his comb into his pant pocket to save it for later.
For a seventh grader, Steve was remarkably successful, making him the envy of some of his male classmates. Things were especially keen when he beat Ken Sanderson for class president a couple of days ago. Ken got excellent grades and was known for starting the school’s first Chess Club. Some people said he’d