The Snowflake Chronicles

adjective and adverb

Lesson 7 Part 2 – Prosperous Snow
Written in July 2009
Characters

Adverbs – only, Periodically
Adjectives – always
Nouns – talking
Verbs - stop

I watched Dad and Uncle Charlie unload lumber from the bed of the 1959 Ford pick-up. Uncle Charlie talked fast as a streaming download over a cable modem. Every five or six seconds, Dad stopped work, rubbed his chin, and then shook or nodded his head at something Uncle Charlie said. Dad held conversations this way, the difference in conversations between Dad and Uncle Charlie or Dad and anyone else, was that, with Uncle Charlie, Dad shook his head more then he nodded.

Adverbs – entire, very
Adjectives – just, wearing
Nouns – family, marriage, Grandpa Paddy, nice
Verbs – blood, homes, walking

The Mc Candles clan knew Grandpa Paddy’s problem. We didn’t talk about it outside of our own doors. The day Paddy strolled down the middle of Main Street wearing just a pair of purple Crocs and carrying a gold tipped walking stick, the population of Mc Candles Junction found out. I will say this; the police department and even the highway patrol – yes, sometimes Grandpa Paddy walks up the center of Interstate 15 in his Crocs – are polite. The officers carry bathrobes in their cars for Grandpa to wear home.