Always Room for One More

Rating

Give and ye shall receive.

It's a Scottish folk tale. It's been partly adapted into modern English. Basically, there's a man and his wife and 10 kids who live in a small house. It's stormy outside and they have enough food, so he invites everybody who passes by in. A huge mass of people come in, and he's totally cool with that, and they have a big party, and the house falls down because there are so many people in it. They all sit there looking amazed for a minute, and then go, "Wait! Hey! We'll build a new house!" So they build up a bigger house for him, and that's how it ends.

Which is really cool. The guy's generous, and he gets rewarded for it, in kind of a realistic manner. It's a little exaggerated, but basically he gives everything he has, and what he has gets broken, and then fixed by the thankful recipients.

Message

Be generous. Help other people out.

Illustrators
Publication Year
1965
Age Range
3-8
Number of Pages
25
Number of words on a typical page
60