Pickle and the Gift
by P. Montgomery
Molly Gherkin is a shy, soft-spoken, girl who is teased and tormented at her new
school because she is afflicted with warts.
Her family lovingly calls her Pickle, but the kids at
school aren’t so kind. The school bully hears her nickname and begins to relentlessly taunt her.
Even the other kids at school won’t play with Pickle, for fear of catching her ugly warts.
Sad and lonely she finds solace in the shady nook of a nearby pond, where a magical
talking Toad befriends her.
Through his friendship Pickle’s belief in herself grows and this enables her to chase away her fears and her insecurities, to make some magic of her own, and to make some new forever friends.
