The Blizzard of '98
Story Stats
Rating: 5
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5, 6
Page count: 3
Author
Ellis
Credle
Appeared in
Tall Tales from the High Hills
Story Summary
A clever interpretation of the frozen words theme, Hank Huggins decides to ride out the blizzard of '98 at a neighbors cabin and when he returns home the next day his wife is furious that he didn't come home when she called. Turned out her words had frozen on the way over and they both heard them that afternoon when things warmed up.