Billy's Box

Billy's Box

Infobox short story |
name = Billy's Box
title_orig =
translator =
author = Orson Scott Card
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre =
published_in = "Friend"
publication_type = Periodical
publisher =
media_type = Print (Magazine)
pub_date = 1978
english_pub_date =
preceded_by =
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"Billy's Box" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collection "Maps in a Mirror". Card originally published this story in the February 1978 issue of "Friend" magazine under the pseudonym Byron Walley.

Plot summary

This story is about a little boy named Billy. When a new television set arrives a Billy’s house he decides that playing with the box it came in would be more fun than watching the TV. With the help of his imagination and his loving parents he turns the box into a store, a castle and a repair shop. When Billy goes to bed he thinks about how much fun it will be to turn the box into a zoo in the morning, if only he can find a tiger.

Characters

*Billy – Main character
*Billy’s Dad - unnamed
*Billy’s Mom - unnamed
*Annie - Billy’s sister
*Todd - Billy’s brother
*Dora - Billy’s sister

Byron Walley

In the Question and Answer section of his website Orson Scott Card said that the first time he used the name Byron Walley was when he published the short story "Gert Fram" in "Ensign" magazine. Card did this because he had a non-fiction article “Family Art”, a poem “Looking West” and a short play "The Rag Mission" (published under the name Brian Green) appearing in the same issue. [http://www.hatrack.com/research/questions/q0081.shtml Pseudonyms] "Orson Scott Card's website The Hatrack".]

References

ee also

*List of works by Orson Scott Card
*Orson Scott Card

External links

* [http://www.hatrack.com The official Orson Scott Card website]
* [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=2f595fd1b1f9b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "Billy’s Box"] - available online from "The Friend" magazine.


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