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What Happened During the Ice Storm

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 5, 6
Page count: 2

Author

Jim
Heynen

Appeared in

Fishing for Chickens: Short Stories About Rural Youth

Story Summary

When local boys discover pheasants with there feet frozen to the lake during an ice storm, their first thought is to club the pheasants for supper but a change of heart leads them to cover the pheasants with their jackets and run for home.