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A Home For Sarah •

I Elizabeth Applebaum
AppleTree Editor

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6/26
1998

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nce upon a time a
long, long time ago in
a place far, far from
I here there was a lonely woman
named Esther. She was a
1 widow who had no children,
1 and her only family was a sis-
1 ter who lived many miles away.
Esther had little with which to
I fill her days. In the morning she
I prepared bread and soup
which she would eat for lunch
I and dinner, and tidied her
I small home. Sometimes she
I would visit with friends, but
they were busy with their own
I children. In the evening, Esther
liked to sit outside and watch
the birds, to whom she would
I toss her leftover bread crumbs.
Usually Esther contained her
sorrow. But one day, as she
was sitting outside, she began
I__to cry from anguish. Her heart
was heavy, like a stone, and
her lips trembled. The birds
heard her and approached
Esther.
One asked: "But why didn't
you tell us before?" and she
said, "I did not want to trouble
you."
The next day the birds gath-
ered in a small forest not far
from Esther's home. They begar
to chatter quickly, as birds do,
determined to come up with a
plan. What they had to do
was find a baby who, like
Esther, needed a home and
love. But would this be possi-
ble?
Suddenly, • the eldest bird
spoke up. "I know of just such
a child," he said. "Her name
is Sarah. And here is her
story ..."