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  title : A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul : 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit

  author : Canfield, Jack

  publisher : Health Communications, Inc.

  isbn10 | asin :

  print isbn13 : 9781558744677

  ebook isbn13 : 9780585106069

  language : English

  subject Spiritual life.

  publication date : 1997

  lcc : BL624.A14 1997eb

  ddc : 158.1/28

  subject : Spiritual life.

  Page i

  "Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen have done it again. Another superb helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul!"

  Rick Dees

  Weekly Top 40

  "There is no such thing as too much Chicken Soup for the Soul. The powerful stories in A 4th Course will make you keep coming back for more and more servings of love, hope and inspiration."

  Rudy Ruettiger

  "Uplift yourself, your soul and your spirit. A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul will fill you with love, joy, warmth and good feelings about yourself, your future and other people."

  Lou Tice

  international educator, lecturer and author,

  Personal Coaching for Results: How to Mentor and Inspire Others to

  Amazing Growth

  "A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul is simple, inspiring and a must-read for anyone. A must-read for everyone."

  Fran A. Tarkenton

  "A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul is the perfect mirror of the love, wisdom and inspiration within all of us. Read it and remember!"

  Cathy Lee Crosby

  author, Let the Magic Begin

  "About A 4th Course ... As usual, Jack and Mark have captured the essence of love and understanding between human beings. Having just lost my dad and missing him, oh, so dearly, "On Parenting" brought back many, many smiles that Dad and I shared together. I just thank my lucky stars that each time we met or parted, Dad and I would hug and kiss each other with warmth, pride and joy."

  Vin Di Bona

  producer, America's Funniest Home Videos

  Page iii

  A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul®

  101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit

  Jack Canfield

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Hanoch McCarty

  Meladee McCarty

  Health Communications, Inc.

  Deerfield Beach, Florida

  www.hci-online.com

  Page iv

  We would like to acknowledge the following publishers and individuals for permission to reprint the following material. (Note: The stories that were penned anonymously, that are public domain, or that were written by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty or Meladee McCarty are not included in this listing.)

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  A 4th course of chicken soup for the soul: 101 stories to open the heart and

  rekindle the spirit / Jack Canfield . . . [et al.].

  p. cm.

  ISBN 1-55874-467-3. ISBN 1-55874-459-2 (pbk.)

  1. Spiritual lifeAnecdotes. I. Canfield, Jack, date.

  BL624.A14 19979652504

  158.1'28dc21CIP

  ©1997 Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty and Meladee McCarty ISBN 1-55874-459-2 (trade paper) ISBN 1-55874-467-3 (hardcover)

  All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher.

  Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.

  3201 S.W. 15th Street

  Deerfield Beach, FL 334428190

  Cover redesigning by Andrea Perrine Brower

  Page v

  CONTENTS

  Acknowledgments

  ix

  Introduction

  xiii

  From a Previous Reader

  xvii

  1. On Love

  A Friend on the Line

  Jennings Michael Burch

  2

  Simple Wooden Boxes

  Martha Pendergrass Templeton

  6

  A Family for Freddie

  Abbie Blair

  10

  A Birthday Song

  Robert Tate Miller

  16

  When Kevin Won

  Janice M. Gibson

  20

  A Mason-Dixon Memory

  Clifton Davis

  23

  Beautiful on the Inside

  Pamela J. deRoy

  30

  Such As I Have

  Bonnie Shepherd

  34

  A Hair-Raising Experience

  Debbie Ross-Preston

  39

  Money of My Own

  Bettie B. Youngs

  43

  The Tiger's Whisker: A Korean Folk Tale

  Harold Courlander

  51

  2. On Kindness

  Hi, Cornelius

  Bob Greene

  56

  Changed Lives

  Tim Kimmel

  60

  Directory Assistance

  Joanna Slan

  62

  A Christmas Story

  Author Unknown

  66

  Cold Hands

  Joyce Andresen

  68

  Page vi

  The Woodwork Angel

  Varda One

  69

  The 11th Box

  Pastor Bill Simpson

  71

  The Sandwich Man

  Meladee McCarty

  73

  Don't Pass Me By

  Jude Revoli

  76

  Bidding from the Heart

  Rita Price

  78

  Ask for the Moon and Get It

  Percy Ross

  80

  Passing on Small Change

  Nancy Mitchell

  83

  Big FeetBigger Heart

  The Sower's Seeds

  85

  Winning

  Clifford and Jerie Furness

  87

  Goodness Defies the Odds

  Mike Barnicle

  88

  Hope in a Bottle

  Diana L. Chapman

  91

  The Code of the Road

  Michele H. Vignola

  95

  3. On Parents and Parenting

  Cookies, Forgotten and Forgiven

  Robert Tate Miller

  100

  What's in a Name?

  Hanoch McCarty

  103

  The Only Memory That Lingers

  Ted Kruger

  109

  Urbana Farewell

  Doris W. Davis

  111

  My Own Experience

  Karrey Janvrin Lindenberg

  116

  A Simple Act of Love

  Sharon Whitley

  122

  Permission to Cry

  Hanoch McCarty

  125

  The Perfect Hug

  Hanoch McCarty

  128

  Winners and Winners

  Al Covino

  133

 
; When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

  Mary Rita Schilke Korzan

  136

  Lessons in Baseball

  Chick Moorman

  137

  Catch of a Lifetime

  James P. Lenfestey

  140

  Letters to Eileen

  Ann E. Weeks

  143

  Someday

  Charles R. Swindoll

  146

  4. On Teaching and Learning

  Nouns and Adverbs

  Moments for Mothers

  151

  How Could I Miss, I'm a Teacher!

  Hanoch McCarty

  154

  On That Note

  Krista Lyn Johnson

  157

  A Christmas Gift I'll Never Forget

  Linda DeMers Hummel

  158

  A Matter of Honor

  Dave Pelzer

  161

  The Lesson Plan

  Sister Carleen Brennan

  165

  In Praise of Teachers

  Mark Medoff

  167

  Page vii

  The Greatest Teacher of My Life

  Dauna Easley

  169

  The Thought Card

  Hanoch McCarty

  173

  5. On Death and Dying

  A Treasure in Time

  Judy Walker

  180

  You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Anymore

  Bits & Pieces

  183

  The Grave No One Tended

  Cheryl L. Costello-Forshey

  186

  Out of the Night

  Melody Beattie

  188

  The Donor

  Mary M. Jelinek

  191

  Red Jell-O at Dawn

  Patricia Lorenz

  193

  When We Give Thanks

  Sidney B. Simon

  198

  A Mother Is Waiting

  Moments flor Mothers

  200

  I Thought You'd Want to Know

  Karen Nordling McCowan

  202

  Matt's Story

  Diana L. Chapman

  204

  To All Parents

  Edgar Guest

  207

  She Was Waiting

  Sara Parker

  209

  6. A Matter of Perspective

  Angel in Our Backyard

  Denise Brumbach

  214

  A Little off the Top, and a Lesson to Remember

  Andy Entwistle

  220

  The Scar

  Lih Yuh Kuo

  225

  Thelma

  Shari Smith

  227

  Through the Eyes of a Child

  Author Unknown

  229

  To Save a Life

  Hanoch McCarty

  231

  The Baby Flight

  Paul Karrer

  236

  How to Tell When You're Rich

  Harvey Mackay

  239

  Chuck

  Petey Parker

  241

  Calling On a Girl Named Becky

  Robert Tate Miller

  243

  Innocence Abroad

  Henry N. Ferguson

  247

  Song of the Bird

  Anthony DeMello

  250

  Looking Down

  Rusty Schweickart

  251

  7. Overcoming Obstacles

  The Story of Margaret and Ruth

  Margaret Patrick

  254

  Angel at Work

  Donald Curtis

  256

  Page viii

  Consider This

  Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty and Meladee McCarty

  261

  Let Me Die!

  Michael Bowker

  267

  It's Up to You

  Author Unknown

  274