Zenie and the Magical Hummingbirds
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781491836477 |
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| Publisher: | AuthorHouse |
| Publication date: | 11/29/2013 |
| Pages: | 28 |
| Sales rank: | 443,823 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.08(d) |
About the Author
Fields has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Baylor University, and a Master’s in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from Texas Women’s University. Fields has years of experience writing for local papers, tv stations and corporate websites. In 2008 she was awarded Rising Star in Women in Radio & Television, and selected as a nominee for Houston Business Journal’s 40 under 40 Award in 2014.
Fields was born in Wilmington, DE, but grew up in Houston, TX since the age of 10. She now resides in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and two adorable kids. She enjoys traveling, playing board games with family, and volunteering with local advocacy centers and women’s groups. She is a certified crisis hotline advocate for criminal victims and children, and a Sworn-In Court Appointed Child Advocate. Her volunteer work in the community has driven her passion to write stories and poems that bring joy and adventure to children all around the world.
Eboniè P. Fields is a poet, writer, and children’s book author of the adventurous tale of Zenie and the Magical Hummingbirds. Fields enjoys using her writing talents to create exciting and vivid stories for children of all ages to read. She has the creative talents to descriptively allow your imagination to put you inside the story, taking you on an incredible journey with her charismatic characters.
Fields has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Baylor University, and a Master’s in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from Texas Women’s University. Fields has years of experience writing for local papers, tv stations and corporate websites. In 2008 she was awarded Rising Star in Women in Radio & Television, and selected as a nominee for Houston Business Journal’s 40 under 40 Award in 2014.
Fields was born in Wilmington, DE, but grew up in Houston, TX since the age of 10. She now resides in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and two adorable kids. She enjoys traveling, playing board games with family, and volunteering with local advocacy centers and women’s groups. She is a certified crisis hotline advocate for criminal victims and children, and a Sworn-In Court Appointed Child Advocate. Her volunteer work in the community has driven her passion to write stories and poems that bring joy and adventure to children all around the world.
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Zenie and the Magical Hummingbirds
By Eboniè P. Fields, Sonny Heston
AuthorHouse LLC
Copyright © 2013 Eboniè P. FieldsAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4918-3647-7
CHAPTER 1
Once upon a time there lived a young boy, named Zenie that lived on the island of Jamaica. Zenie grew up privileged and wealthy in the city of Montego Bay. He lived in a luxurious home up on a hill near the beach. The house was painted in all white with an emerald green roof top, and surrounded by a white picket fence.
In front of the house grew a huge apple tree that produced the sweetest apples in all of Jamaica. Every Sunday after church, Zenie's mother, Mrs. Goldie, would pick apples from the tree to bake Zenie delicious homemade apple pies. Zenie also enjoyed climbing the apple tree for fun. Scared that Zenie might fall from the tree and hurt himself, Mrs. Goldie often yelled at him to, "get down from the tree and get back inside the house!"
Zenie's house was a two-story home with 7 1/2 bedrooms and 5 1/2 bathrooms. He had his own bedroom and game room that was filled with the latest movies, video games, and toy race cars. He even had a well-crafted toy car that his father designed and painted for him, which Zenie called Blue Racer. Zenie would often play with Blue Racer after school with a few friends and classmates.
His bedroom over looked a huge backyard that had a swing set, volleyball net, and an Olympic- size pool. The backyard was beautifully landscaped with the island's most colorful and exotic flowers, including bright purple and red Jamaican Orchids. The backyard was close enough to the ocean to hear the waves hit up against the sandy shores, and to see the dolphins playing close to the shore at sunrise. Zenie was truly blessed with all the wonderful things a child could ask for.
Zenie's parents were both co-owners of a successful 5-star hotel on the island, called Golden Stays Resort and Spa. They loved him very much, but they were often busy managing their hotel and servicing their guests. Zenie sometimes felt alone and bored in the life that he was living. He had only a few friends that he would play with at school and in the neighborhood, but still the time he spent with them wasn't enough. Zenie often times thought of running away and fleeing to another island, hoping to escape his continuous boredom and loneliness.
One Saturday morning at sunrise, Zenie decided to leave home. "Today will be the day that I run away from home," he said.
It was a sunny day on the island, and his parents were working at the hotel. Zenie had packed a backpack the night before with extra clothes, a second pair of shoes, and $20 from his weekly allowance. Zenie made sure to stuff his bed with pillows before he left, to trick the maid into thinking that he was still sleeping in the bed. He quietly snuck down to the docks behind the house, where his dad had a boat anchored and tied down.
As Zenie began untying the rope wrapped around the docks, three dolphins swam up to him. "Oh, hi dolphins," said Zenie with a big smile. All of sudden, the dolphins began making high pitched squeaky sounds; and started splashing their tales up and down, splashing water all over Zenie. "Settle down!" He yelled.
The dolphins continued to get louder and louder, splashing more and more. All of a sudden the boat turned over with Zenie in it. He quickly turned the boat back over and climbed back on. He was now soaking wet, from head to foot; and out of breath.
"Thanks a lot, dolphins," Zenie yelled angrily. As he was squeezing water out of his shirt, he looked around and saw that the dolphins had disappeared. "Where did they go? Silly dolphins," he murmured to himself.
"The only one that is silly is you," responded a mysterious voice.
"Who said that?" Zenie questioned, as he looked around the boat.
"I did," responded the voice.
Zenie still looking for the voice with a confused look on his face, yelled, "Where are you?"
The mysterious voice shouted, "Look up and above, silly."
Zenie looked up and there were two small hummingbirds flying above him, about 4 1/2 inches tall. The body of the bird on the right was covered with beautiful florescent bright green feathers. It had a long bright red bill with a black tip that matched the crown of its head; and two long feathers that streamed down about 10 inches. The other bird on the right did not have a streaming tail. It was slightly smaller, with pretty light green and black feathers, a pearl white chest, and a long red bill.
"Hello. My name is Alizabeth, but you can call me Izzy," said the short tailed hummingbird in a soft sweet voice. "And this is my friend Louie."
"Hi, silly," said Louie in a chipper voice.
"Hello. My name is Zenie. Nice to meet you both," he responded.
"Where are you going?" Louie questioned Zenie, as he flew down closer to him.
"I'm running away from home to live on another island," said Zenie.
"What are your reasons for leaving, sweetie?" Izzy questioned.
"I'm ready for more excitement, adventure, and a more fun-filled life," answered Zenie.
"So you're going to run away, and leave this beautiful island and home to search for adventure that you're not guaranteed to have," said Louie. "That doesn't sound too smart to me. Sounds kind of silly to me," giggled Louie.
"Whatever," replied Zenie. "I'm bored, so I'm going to see new places and new things."
"So new places and new things is what you are looking for? We can help you with that," said Izzy. "Right, Louie!"
"Yes! We can show you new places and new things," agreed Louie.
"Wow, you two can?" Zenie questioned, with a huge smile on his face.
"Yes, we just need you to close your eyes and repeat after us," said Izzy.
Zenie closed his eyes, still standing in the boat soaking wet; smiled up at the two hummingbirds, and said, "Okay, I'm ready."
Izzy and Louie then began to quickly fly around Zenie, singing:
"Up, up, and away we fly;
above the trees and into the sky.
Over the waterfalls, lakes, and mountains,
we fly across the rivers and gardens.
To and fro we spread our wings,
in hopes to see new places and things."
"Open your eyes," said Izzy.
Zenie no longer soaking wet; opened his eyes to see that he was now in a busy city of fast moving people, bumper to bumper traffic, honking cars, and news stands on every corner.
"We're in the city?" Zenie questioned, looking around in amazement.
"Yes! Welcome to downtown Zenie," said Louie.
"Wow, I've never been downtown before," said Zenie. "My parents always leave me at home when they travel downtown to get something for the hotel."
Zenie soon became distracted, and did not see a young boy on the corner selling newspapers. As he was walking and looking around; Zenie bumped into the boy, accidently stepping on his foot.
"Ouch! You need to watch where you're going," said the boy.
"I'm sorry," said Zenie. "I did not see you there."
Zenie then looked to see a barefooted boy, who was dressed in dingy light blue jeans and a shirt; designed with a red race car on it. "I love race cars! I see you love them too," Zenie said.
(Continues...)
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