I’m looking for a short story I read years ago about a girl from a well-off family who snuck out while everyone in her house was napping. She walked around until she found some kids from a less well-off family playing in the street. She played with them and was entranced by the fact that they didn’t have adults following them every minute, and by their different language patterns and food. Eventually, the little girl’s nurse (nanny) showed up to take her home. The kids she was playing with were fascinated by the little girl referring to the nanny as her nurse. They asked if she was sick because she had a nurse, but she explained that the nurse just took care of her.
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Short story called “Nancy” by Elizabeth Enright. The main character is Fiona Farmer. It appeared in her book The Moment Before the Rain, but has been included in readers etc.
If it’s a picture book, could it be Marianna May and Nursey by Tomie dePaola?
I’m almost sure that Nancy by Elizabeth Enright is the story I’m thinking of. Thank you so much! Now I’m trying to track down a copy of The Moment Before the Rain or any other book that has the story in it.
Thanks again! I’ve been trying to remember this for years!
I have a pdf copy if you’re still looking
Do you still have the pdf of “Nancy”?
I would love a copy of Nancy!! I taught a freshman English class and it was in an anthology. We often referred to our house as the Fdakin house when it needed cleaning! Thanks
Donna
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Hi there. Found your reply about short story Nancy. Been looking for it forever! Want to use it for reading group. Could you send it pDF to me? Nancylourie@gmail .com. Thanks!
Could you please send me the PDF?
me too, thank you so much, Laura!
You’re welcome!
The Moment Before the Rain is available on Open Library:
https://openlibrary.org/search?q=The+Moment+Before+the+Rain&mode=ebooks&m=edit&m=edit&has_fulltext=true