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How the Farm got an Excavator

Ryan Kraeger

Grandma Ann sent it in the mail, for Seppi’s birthday.

He was so excited nothing would do but putting it together in his jammies, as soon as Daddy got home.

First, hard hat on for safety!

Fortunately he already knows all about how to use tools.

Voila! Just like that! We have an excavator!

Grandma Ann told him he has to share it with Daddy and Uncle. He is okay with this.

He is much less okay with sharing it with his sisters, because they are girls.

Thanks, Grandma Ann!

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Published by Ryan Kraeger

"I only remember the very first part of the book where he described the man of steel and velvet and I remember the deep chord that phrase struck. I remember the image I had of a hand of living steel wearing a velvet glove, a hand that could crush or caress, strike a killing blow or wipe away tears, lift mountains or cradle an infant. The rest of the book was an afterthought." From an essay about Aubrey Andelin's "Man of Steel and Velvet".

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