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The Christmas Trout

The Christmas Trout FICTION The Christmas Trout Jay Stewart This is the story of the Christmas Trout. It has been happening in the Mead family for as long as they have owned the homeplace. Tommy Mead's ancestors settled the remote mountain cove in North Georgia over a hundred and fifty years ago. It is a beautiful, narrow cove of rich land that eroded from the mountainsides for millions of years. At one time the mountains were high and the valley steep, but today the valley the cove. has filled, and the once majestic mountains are now the sloping sides of The cove is richly forested in cedars, hickories, sweet gums, and oaks. The forest floor beneath the tree canopy is covered with laurel and sumac, and the pastures are alive with grasses, herbs, and wildflowers. A generous animal population of squirrel, raccoon, deer, opossum, rabbit, and bear enjoy this lush area, along with many kinds of birds. Now, as if this were not enough for nature, she decided to mold a small river that winds gently through the cove. The river flows about as fast as a boy can walk without running and then slows into deep, emerald pools. Nature, creating http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

The Christmas Trout

Appalachian Review , Volume 23 (4) – Jan 8, 1995

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FICTION The Christmas Trout Jay Stewart This is the story of the Christmas Trout. It has been happening in the Mead family for as long as they have owned the homeplace. Tommy Mead's ancestors settled the remote mountain cove in North Georgia over a hundred and fifty years ago. It is a beautiful, narrow cove of rich land that eroded from the mountainsides for millions of years. At one time the mountains were high and the valley steep, but today the valley the cove. has filled, and the once majestic mountains are now the sloping sides of The cove is richly forested in cedars, hickories, sweet gums, and oaks. The forest floor beneath the tree canopy is covered with laurel and sumac, and the pastures are alive with grasses, herbs, and wildflowers. A generous animal population of squirrel, raccoon, deer, opossum, rabbit, and bear enjoy this lush area, along with many kinds of birds. Now, as if this were not enough for nature, she decided to mold a small river that winds gently through the cove. The river flows about as fast as a boy can walk without running and then slows into deep, emerald pools. Nature, creating

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Appalachian ReviewUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 1995

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