How our dog got his new name / Dannie Weir Larsen -- Cyrano the pig / Marshall Anderson -- Fuel / Grover Reiser -- Stars in the window / Betty Hembd Taylor -- Growing up German / Arlene Walker -- Potatoes mit gravy / C.R. Lindemer -- What did you say? / Joanne Dyhrkopp Schar -- Starting school in third grade / Peter Davidson -- The billy goat in the outhouse / Tommie L. Haferkamp -- Born free / Terry Overocker -- Beyond words / Lisa Ohm -- The great snowman war of 1952 / Margaret Fielding Roberts -- A cup of childhood / Theresa Link -- Adventures in mushroom hunting -- Chautauqua! / Verla Klaessy -- Going to the fair / Janet Branson -- Waterfall dreams / Heather Patterson -- High school days in a small Iowa town / Ruth Jochims -- Watching Bonanza on color television / J. N. Curtis -- The best of times / Loren Gaylord Flaugh -- Why would anyone want to live in Illinois? / Joanne Campe -- Elevators / Terry Davenport -- The loft / Dan Ruf -- Four house in the well / Grace Hoffman -- My first job / Sharon Parriott -- The little boy who loved me / Shirley Roberts -- Wildflowers / Robin Munson -- The gravel pit / Evelyn Van Maar -- The lake at Mo(u)rningtime / Ann Johnson -- Small town ghosts / Rebecca Groff