2NT accounts of The Button Box
The whole story is about children who knock over Grandma's button box. The main people are Jack, Alice, Charlotte, Grandma and Grandad. In Grandma's button box there are stories of adventures of sailors, markets, hot sand and spiders. There is even a story about a boastful frog who in the end gets his prize and ends up dead! The first button is an anchor and it's about sailors travelling across seas to different countries. The second one is a button from a red silk mandarin who tells a story about the frog king and the turtle. At the end the turtle jumps on the frog king and that is the end of the frog king. The third button is a coconut button where there is a spider who spills good wise things out to let people be wiser everywhere. The fourth button is about a crow who dances and tops the bill as the star of the show with his dancing lady crows. The fifth button is about an Indian market in Bombay and Uncle Albert and Jack buy lots of things and they are officers. Finally they find a teddy bear button. The children beg for one more story but Grandma says no and they go to sleep.
The story is about three children knocking over the button box. The main characters are Jack, Charlotte, Alice, Grandad and Grandma. In Grandma's button box there are six buttons. She tells them stories about what adventure was from each button. The first button was an anchor and was about Uncle Jack who sailed the seven seas. The second button was covered with red silk and was from a red mandarin's hat. It was about a boastful frog who was squashed by a turtle! The third button was a coconut scrimshaw from Jamaica and it was about a spider called Anansi who collected wisdom. The fourth button was black and feathery. It was huge and it was about a person who entertained as a dancing crow! The fifth button was a brass button and it came from a market in Bombay. Finally they find a teddy bear button.
The story is about three children who knock over a button box at their Grandma and Grandad's house. There is Jack, Charlotte, Alice, Grandma and Grandad. In Grandma's button box there are five special buttons and they take the children to different places. She tells them stories about the five buttons. The first button is about Uncle Jack and he is a sailor who sails the seven seas. The second button is a red button made of silk from the top of a mandarin's hat. The mandarin tells the story of a frog and of a turtle who jumps on the frog. The third button has a pattern on called scrimshaw and that button is about a spider called Anansi. She goes around to her friend's houses to gain some wisdom. The fourth button is about Charlie Crow and his female feathered friends at the music hall. The fifth button is the Bombay button and it is about a very busy market.