Helen L. Merrell 
Towhead and the Christmas Tree 

Little boys can be such a mystery, so sweet and such a joy to watch grow up. Towhead lives on a farm. He has no children his own age to spend time with. He loves his pets and gets really excited when his mother rabbit has more babies. His goat named Nosy is always getting him into trouble with Mom because the goat wont stay out of her garden. His best friend and companion is his dog, Sami. He would be lost without Sami. This story shows the love that can exist between a boy and his dog. Towhead is raised in a loving Christian family. This could be a true story as I think back to the things my children got into at this age. He loves his mother dearly and feels neglected when she is busy with spring cleaning and doesnt have time for him. When he gets into trouble and realizes what he has done because of his rejection, it makes him realize he is misbehaving. Perhaps this is the beginning of Towhead growing up.

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Helen Merrell is a widow. She is eighty-eight years old and retired from the real estate business. When she was thirteen years old and in sixth grade, everyone had an autographed book. She was fascinated and wanted to become a writer. At eighty-seven years of age, she published her first children’s storybook. She was raised in a large family. She published a lot of history about her family. She has published many poems and music. She belonged to the American Society of Poets and many creative writing groups. Music is her hobby. She went to Ivy Tech Community College for creative writing. She was raised in West Lafayette, Indiana, and married and went to live on a farm. Raising her two children on the farm has given her many happy memories to write about. She is currently working on two children’s storybooks about happy families at Christmas time. She hopes they will be published before Christmas. She reads many stories to her children when it storms to keep them calm. Her son wanted to become a journalist, and her daughter belongs to a lot of book clubs.