Yuletide Reveal!
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yuletide story!
It was Polly Pepper's New Friends, written for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elanne, and beta'd by our own dear febobe!
Now, I do know there are probably about two or three other people on my flist who are familiar with the dear little Peppers, but they were a childhood favorite of mine--I first found them in fifth grade, in the library at my new school--all but two of the entire series, and I devoured them voraciously. I later was lucky enough to pick up four of them at a yard sale, and so have been able to revisit the world of the Peppers.
What you have to understand is that the series was first begun in the 1880s, with all which that implies. The stories are full of little moralisms, and Polly is very much a Mary Sue! *Everyone* loves Polly! Yet there's also a charm about them--in the first book Polly, her widowed mother, her three brothers and her little sister Phronsie (who is probably the *Fluffiest* child in literary history!) are struggling to live from day to day.
More about them behind the cut, though there are spoilers for the books:
By the time the first book ends, they have been rescued by a wealthyfairy godfather old man, and are living in the lap of luxury, though it seems not to spoil any of them a bit. My story picks up after the first book, and before the second book of the series.
There is a cool website about the Peppers:
Flying Dreams: The Five Little Peppers Webpage Fortunately for me, my recipient linked to it in her "Dear Santa" letter!
If you'd like to read some of the original stories by Margaret Sidney, that page links to several of the series that are available online at Project Gutenberg.
The coolest thing about this, is, I think I want to write *more* Pepper-fic! I already have several bunnies nibbling at my ankles!
yuletide story!It was Polly Pepper's New Friends, written for
elanne, and beta'd by our own dear febobe!Now, I do know there are probably about two or three other people on my flist who are familiar with the dear little Peppers, but they were a childhood favorite of mine--I first found them in fifth grade, in the library at my new school--all but two of the entire series, and I devoured them voraciously. I later was lucky enough to pick up four of them at a yard sale, and so have been able to revisit the world of the Peppers.
What you have to understand is that the series was first begun in the 1880s, with all which that implies. The stories are full of little moralisms, and Polly is very much a Mary Sue! *Everyone* loves Polly! Yet there's also a charm about them--in the first book Polly, her widowed mother, her three brothers and her little sister Phronsie (who is probably the *Fluffiest* child in literary history!) are struggling to live from day to day.
More about them behind the cut, though there are spoilers for the books:
By the time the first book ends, they have been rescued by a wealthy
There is a cool website about the Peppers:
Flying Dreams: The Five Little Peppers Webpage Fortunately for me, my recipient linked to it in her "Dear Santa" letter!
If you'd like to read some of the original stories by Margaret Sidney, that page links to several of the series that are available online at Project Gutenberg.
The coolest thing about this, is, I think I want to write *more* Pepper-fic! I already have several bunnies nibbling at my ankles!