by JoAnn Bennett from the October 14, 2019 issueTagline: Prepping for her students' presentation at a local assembly, Miss Barnes has everything mapped out, down to the last word. But when an unforeseen change of plans leaves her in the lurch, fellow teacher Greg Oliver steps in to save the day--and captures her heart.
Observations: I really appreciated the celebration of Founder's Day in this story. Having been born in Los Angeles, this kind of small town thing doesn't happen, so as a city girl, it was nice to get a little peek into small town life. (The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse was one of my favorite stories as a kid.)
Often in stories, the protagonist solves a problem himself/herself, but in this story, the hero and heroine teamed up. Always be looking for opportunities like this to veer from the norm in small ways. The longer you study these stories, the more you'll notice how largely similar they are, but with small differences. Each story has its own twist.
Note the heroine stepping up to the plate and asking the hero out on the date. In stories in which someone is asked out, it's the woman about fifty percent of the time, but I have no hard data on that. But feel free to be ambigenderous--like that made-up word? LOL--when deciding who does the asking.
Unaltered photo by Alex Murphy via Flickr cc license
2 comments:
I loved this story, Kate. Thought the whole premise was new and different due to the class trip adventure. I did have to read it twice because I got the boy and the hero confused at one point during the flower thing. Could have been my dyslexia though.
Cute story. I wasn't sure why the little boy suddenly felt he had to run off to get flowers, though.
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