A Child's Story,- is about a little girl called Elaine and her struggle to be recognised as a gifted child by her mother, who just wanted her to be an ordinary child.
The story is initially about how Elaine talked to her Teddy and her other toys to make her life seem real. While it is also about how her mother did not understand that she could already read and write and even do sums.
Elaine was clever enough to realize that being so bright was not what her mother wanted from her, so she pretended that Teddy had taught her to do these things. The story that Elaine made up about teddy teaching her did not go down too well with her mom either, even though she knew that something very unusual was happening in her child's life.
Once Elaine had started school the teacher recognised immediately that she was gifted, but when she told the mother about this, she did not want to believe her. The mother also said firmly that as a family, they could not afford to send Elaine to the special school the teacher had recommended.
Elaine got very angry with her mother one day, so she ran out into the traffic and was run over. Then at the hospital when her dad visited her, the real story came out and he felt thrilled that he has such a bright little daughter.
Her grandpa George, later stepped in and provided Elaine with a bursary to cover the costs at the school for gifted children, but her mother still rejected the idea and this caused some animosity within the family.
Once Elaine had been enrolled at the school for gifted children, Teddy and the other toys were no longer so important to her, but secretly she still confided in Teddy, who had since been relegated to sit on a rocking chair and look out of the nursery window - while Elaine is away at school...
A Child's Story,- is about a little girl called Elaine and her struggle to be recognised as a gifted child by her mother, who just wanted her to be an ordinary child.
The story is initially about how Elaine talked to her Teddy and her other toys to make her life seem real. While it is also about how her mother did not understand that she could already read and write and even do sums.
Elaine was clever enough to realize that being so bright was not what her mother wanted from her, so she pretended that Teddy had taught her to do these things. The story that Elaine made up about teddy teaching her did not go down too well with her mom either, even though she knew that something very unusual was happening in her child's life.
Once Elaine had started school the teacher recognised immediately that she was gifted, but when she told the mother about this, she did not want to believe her. The mother also said firmly that as a family, they could not afford to send Elaine to the special school the teacher had recommended.
Elaine got very angry with her mother one day, so she ran out into the traffic and was run over. Then at the hospital when her dad visited her, the real story came out and he felt thrilled that he has such a bright little daughter.
Her grandpa George, later stepped in and provided Elaine with a bursary to cover the costs at the school for gifted children, but her mother still rejected the idea and this caused some animosity within the family.
Once Elaine had been enrolled at the school for gifted children, Teddy and the other toys were no longer so important to her, but secretly she still confided in Teddy, who had since been relegated to sit on a rocking chair and look out of the nursery window - while Elaine is away at school...
A Child's Story
A Child's Story
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940152006193 |
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| Publisher: | Joy Bassetti-Kruger |
| Publication date: | 08/28/2015 |
| Sold by: | Smashwords |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 2 MB |