Project Gutenberg 2012-06-18 Public domain in the USA. 128 Wormser, G. Ranger (Gwendolyn Ranger) 1893 1953 Wormser, Gwendolyn Ranger 18019926 The Scarecrow, and Other Stories Reading ease score: 86.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. The scarecrow -- Mutter Schwegel -- Haunted -- Flowers -- The shadow -- The effigy -- The faith -- Yellow -- China-Ching -- The wood of living trees -- Before the dawn -- The stillness. Produced by sp1nd, Mebyon, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Scarecrow and Other Stories" by G. Ranger Wormser is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. This anthology presents a diverse range of narratives that delve into the human experience, exploring themes of fear, yearning, and the uncanny. The opening story, "The Scarecrow," introduces us to Benny, a young boy living with his mother on a quiet farm, where a seemingly innocuous scarecrow becomes a focal point of both intrigue and dread. At the start of the collection, we are introduced to the anxious relationship between a boy named Benny and his mother. As they engage in conversation amidst the backdrop of their rustic farm, Benny expresses an unsettling fascination with the scarecrow dressed in his grandfather's military uniform standing in the cornfield. The dialogue between them reveals Benny's growing fear of the scarecrow, believing that it may beckon to him. His mother, while trying to reassure him, becomes enveloped in her own fears. The tension builds as the scarecrow takes on a life of its own under the moonlight, culminating in the ominous suggestion that Benny feels an inexplicable connection to it. This eerie opening sets the tone for the collection, suggesting that ordinary life can harbor extraordinary fears and desires. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40027/40027-h/images/cover.jpg en Supernatural -- Fiction Short stories, American Ghost stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 311624 311627 2024-10-17T03:40:14.168428 2023-09-17T11:55:58.576216 text/html text/html 318402 2012-06-18T09:07:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 205636 2012-06-18T09:07:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 212594 2024-10-17T03:40:19.382853 application/epub+zip 217354 2024-10-17T03:40:14.933399 application/epub+zip 177117 2024-10-17T03:40:14.543409 application/epub+zip 325486 2024-10-17T03:40:22.700912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309112 2024-10-17T03:40:18.902906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269206 2022-09-18T10:26:45.575596 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289359 289156 2024-10-17T03:40:12.997436 2023-09-17T11:55:57.531200 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 289277 2012-06-18T09:07:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 104326 2012-06-18T09:07:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 289269 2012-06-18T09:07:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 104302 2012-06-18T09:07:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22057 2024-10-17T03:40:22.844845 application/rdf+xml 20392 2024-10-17T03:40:14.630429 image/jpeg 2549 2024-10-17T03:40:14.587399 image/jpeg 205759 2024-10-17T03:40:14.197491 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog