Allegra

=media type="custom" key="11231442"= THE HARP It was late afternoon on Christmas Day and Jr. Dudley and his dog, Buddy, were walking along the bank of a creek. The sun was setting behind the hill and the air was getting cold. In the distance Jr. Dudley could see a gold reflection of a musical instrument with strings. As they approached the golden instrument Jr. Dudley was amazed to see that it was a harp. The ripple in the water was caused by a pebble that had been kicked into the creek. Jr. Dudley looked up just in time to see the back of Harris Burdick’s head as he was running away. He must be the one who owns the harp and plays by himself in the quietness of the creek. the real stroy of what happen Chris Van Allsburg came across the pictures of Harris Burdick through a friend, Peter Wenders. Apparently, Burdick presented the pictures with their titles and captions to Wenders in hopes that Wenders would be interested in purchasing the stories that accompanied the illustrations. Wenders was intrigued by the pictures and asked Burdick to submit the corresponding stories the next day. However, Wenders never heard from Harris Burdick again, so the "true" stories behind the pictures were never revealed. = =