Miss Minerva and the Sprinkling Boy
In a sunlit yard Billy Green Hill and Jimmy Garner clash over Miss Minerva a devout woman who tutors them to behaving. The children prank each other with sprinkling water while debating who will win Miss Minerva affection and discussing saints and Bible tales.
Rabbit egg heist in the old hen house caper
Billy and Jimmy hatch a plan to steal fifteen eggs from Aunt Minerva’s hen while Miss Cecilia explains Easter eggs. Billy crawls through a small hole to grab the hen’s eggs, but the hen protests and he gets stuck, prompting a frantic pull to free him as the tale ends with “to be continued.”
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Lina Hamilton
Frances Black
Jimmy
Billy
Lina
Frances
Minerva
Mitch
Lida
Ikey Rosenstein
Goose-Grease
Miss Minerva
Még
William
Tabernacle
Major Minerva
Cecilia
Martin
Wilkea Booth
Lincoln
Cecilia ‘Aplain
Pecker
Prom
Timmy
Enaug
Cindy
Dominické
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Minervanliam Green Hill
Frances Boyd Calhoun
Rep Ly * Britton Co
Yimmy
Misa Cecilia
Aunt Minerva
William Green Hill
Hilly
Jack
Papa
Holy Ghost
Jimmee
Mamma
Jimmee-se
Weckly
James Lafayette Garner
Jimmy Garner
James Garner
Sam Lamb
Sukey
Miss Cecula
Pappy
Rosenstein
Ananiag
Sapphira
Mies
Pragees
Ikey
Cataboose
Calaboose
Gladys Maude
Ike
Wilkes Booth
Admiral Farragut
Misa
Bia
Peter
Chile
Oman
Misa Minerva
Hughes
Kin
Kead
New Jersey
Cravens
Arkansas
Cole League
Congressional
Gene
Mr. Hughes
Kinkead
Bue
Ben
Mr. Craven