Back to School with Betsy by Carolyn Haywood

Author:Carolyn Haywood [Haywood, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

And that they made pottery and wove rugs, just the way their ancestors did. Christopher brought a great many postcards to school. They were nearly all pictures of Indians.

Billy said, "Why are there always mountains in the pictures?"

"Because there are so many mountains in Mexico," replied Christopher. "Nearly everywhere you look there are mountains. Some of the mountains are volcanoes."

Betsy didn't know what a volcano was.

"I know," said Billy. "It's a mountain that explodes every once in a while."

After several weeks Billy said he thought it would be nice to make a great big Mexican picture. Miss Ross said that she thought it would be nice too.

"How big?" asked Betsy.

"As big as you wish," replied Miss Ross.

"Can we cover the whole blackboard?" asked Christopher.

"Yes," said Miss Ross, "it can go right across the front of the room."

"Oh, boy!" said Billy. "That will be some picture!"

"Can we all draw it?" asked Ellen.

"Well," replied Miss Ross, "you can all draw Mexican pictures on paper first. Then we will decide which pictures are the best. The ones that are chosen as the best can draw theirs on the blackboard. The big blackboard picture will be made up of the best little pictures."

Betsy could hardly wait to make her picture. She loved to draw and she hoped that she could draw on the blackboard. Miss Ross had beautiful colored chalks.

Betsy decided that she would draw an Indian riding on a burro.

Christopher drew a little boy like himself, in a big sombrero with a blanket over his shoulder.

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