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“know. That’s the real reason I resigned from teaching. Also, some of you know that we have already finished our missionary training. “You will be interested to know that our good friend Mr. Seneth Paddler, whom you boys affectionately call ‘Old Man Paddler,’ has undertaken to support both of us while we are on the mission field.” Mrs. Jesperson waited a minute while a lot of us asked questions, and then just as we were getting close to our school again, she said, “Some of you have said you don’t like Mr. Black. But I’m sure you will like him just as soon as you get better acquainted with him. Be sure to obey him in everything and be as kind and gentlemanly as possible. I am sure you will have a very happy year together. Remember that he does not know you as I have known you, and at first he may not understand you. Please be loyal to the principles of the Sugar Creek School, which have been yours for years. “I think it was very generous and thoughtful of Mr. Black to let us have this time together.”
― Paul Hutchens, Sugar Creek Gang Set Books 7-12

“and I were talking, he said to me, “Mom lets me water her”
― Paul Hutchens, The Haunted House (Sugar Creek Gang Original Series Book 16)

“was always quoting what some famous somebody”
― Paul Hutchens, The Haunted House (Sugar Creek Gang Original Series Book 16)

“that he had to be respectful to his parents, and even if he wasn’t a Christian, he couldn’t make fun of people who went to church. He was also supposed to go to church, even if his parents didn’t go—which lots of parents don’t, and should. As you maybe know, if you’ve read some of the other stories about the Sugar Creek Gang, about half of us were not Christians at first. Little Jim had nearly all the religion there was in the whole gang, but most of us became Christians. Dragonfly was the last one of us to be saved—except for little red-haired Tom Till, whose father wouldn’t believe in God and whose mother had never had a chance in life to be happy, which is maybe one reason Little Tom Till’s big brother, Bob, had turned out to be such a bad boy. It is not easy for a boy to become a Christian unless his father is one too. Most boys do what their dads”
― Paul Hutchens, Sugar Creek Gang Set Books 7-12

“Little”
― Paul Hutchens, Sugar Creek Gang Set Books 1-6

“strong athletic body, and his brown hair combed nice and straight. He’d even cleaned his fingernails and washed his neck and ears, which I knew he didn’t like to do. There he was, sitting up straight and listening with shining eyes, in spite of knowing that as soon as the meeting was over he’d have to go home to a weathered old house with poor furniture and worn-out rugs on the floor and a swearing, drinking father who didn’t like him. I remembered the time about a month ago when Circus’s dad had been drunk on the same night they had a new baby at their house. Circus had stayed all night at my house. He and I were upstairs undressing, and he got tears in his eyes and doubled up his fists and looked terribly fierce because he was so mad at the people who made and sold beer and whiskey. That was the night he had said, his voice all trembly, “I wish they’d just once take a picture of my dad when he’s drunk and put that in their”
― Paul Hutchens, The Killer Bear (Sugar Creek Gang Original Series Book 2)

“Well, it didn’t feel very good to have half of our mystery spoiled for us. We found out that Barry and Eagle Eye had made it up between them that Eagle Eye was to put on a wig and do what he had done, just to give us an adventure in that Indian cemetery.”
― Paul Hutchens, Sugar Creek Gang Set Books 13-18

“downstairs with his camera, coming in a big”
― Paul Hutchens, Sugar Creek Gang Set Books 7-12

“because of their having such big voices and being so important. A little later one of them stood up to pray. He had such a deep voice and used such long words that it made God seem very far away, and his voice had a little growl in it, like a bear’s. Just then I thought of Poetry and looked at him. And would you believe it? His mischievous blue eyes looked right straight into mine, and before I could stop myself, I’d snickered out loud. Just that very second I thought of my dad, too, and I looked back at him. He was looking straight at me with his long blackish-red eyebrows down and with a scowl on his forehead. Well, I was sorry, but I knew that wouldn’t help because I’d promised to be good in church and not get into mischief. But let me tell you about the important thing that happened that night. The meeting kept right on going, band and choir music, solos and quartets, and a very interesting sermon.”
― Paul Hutchens, The Killer Bear (Sugar Creek Gang Original Series Book 2)

“But it was hard for Poetry to stay angry very long. Nearly everything anybody said or did reminded him of a poem.”
― Paul Hutchens, Sugar Creek Gang Set Books 1-6

“The Winter Rescue,”
― Paul Hutchens, Sugar Creek Gang Set Books 1-6

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
― Paul Hutchens, Sugar Creek Gang Set Books 1-6

“tight.”
― Paul Hutchens, The Lost Campers

“When I’d first started praying for Circus’s dad, I’d sort of expected God to answer my prayer right away, anyway in a week or two. I didn’t realize then that a person had to hear the gospel preached first and that nobody ever gets saved unless somebody tells him about Jesus. Besides, God won’t just come to a man’s heart and batter it open in order to get in. You have to open that door yourself. So I’d decided if I had to wait a long time I would, but I would keep right on praying. Anyhow, the minister who preached that night talked about the home. I was sure Circus’s dad was outside somewhere listening, but I certainly didn’t expect him to be much interested in that. That’s why I was so surprised when I got my prayer answered. This is the way it happened. Every now and then during the sermon I glanced over at Circus to see how he liked it. But I didn’t need to worry about him not liking it. He was listening for all he was worth. Good old Circus, with his monkey face, his”
― Paul Hutchens, The Killer Bear (Sugar Creek Gang Original Series Book 2)

“Tilt-a-Whirl”
― Paul Hutchens, Sugar Creek Gang Set Books 1-6