Owl at Home

Owl at Home is a children's book by Arnold Lobel published in 1975.

Reviews

* "Arnold Lobel has created his most tender and amusing character yet." "-Newsweek"

Chapters

The Guest

Owl was at home. "How good it feels to be sitting by this fire" said Owl. "It is so cold and snowy outside." Owl was eating buttered toast and hot pea soup for dinner.

Owl heard a loud sound at his front door. "Who is out there banging and pounding at my door on a night like this?" he said. Owl opened his door. No one was there. Only the snow and the wind. Owl sat near the fire again. There was another loud noise at the door. "Who can it be," said Owl, "knocking and thumping at my door on a night like this?." Owl opened the door.

No one was there. Only the snow and the cold. "The poor old winter is knocking at my door" said Owl. "Perhaps it wants to sit by the fire. Well, I will be kind and let the winter come in." Owl opened his door very wide. "Come in Winter," said Owl. "Come in and warm yourself for a while."

Winter came into the house. It came in very fast. A cold wind pushed Owl against the wall. Winter ran around the room. It blew out the fire in the fire place.

The snow whirled up the stairs and whooshed down the hallway. "Winter!" cried Owl. "You are my guest. This is no way to behave!" But Winter did not listen. It made the window shades flap and shiver.It turned the pea soup into hard, green ice.

Winter ran into all the rooms of Owl's house. Soon everything was covered in snow. "You must go winter!" shouted Owl. "Go away right now!" The wind blew around and around. Then winter rushed out and slammed the front door. "Good-bye" said Owl, "and do not come back!"

Owl made a new fire in the fireplace. The room became warm again. The snow melted away. The hard, green ice turned back into soft pea soup. Owl sat down in his chair and quietly finished his supper.

References

* Arnold Lobel