Tommy and the Candy Stripe Mountain

Tommy, an eleven year old boy, had heard about the Candy Striped Mountain where there was a city on the other side with streets paved with gold, and people didn’t have to work.

With his father sick and out of work, Tommy thought it was his duty to go and get some of that gold for his father’s medicine. Against all odds, and the help of many animals, Tommy reached the mountain. One of the animals was an old wolf who’d slept with him to keep warm. Tommy thought it was a dog, but noticing it was a wolf, he asked, ‘Are you going to eat me now?’ The wolf laughed, and said, ‘Don’t be ridiculous, that only happens in fairy tales’.