Category: Ben / Adam
Stories centered on Adam and Ben
Leaving (by Dodo)
Summary: The wind of change is blowing across the Ponderosa. A story written for the October Chaps and Spurs Challenge using the words Indian, smoke, leaves, frost and summer.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 3585
Up in Smoke (by pbeaking)
Summary: 12 year old Adam Cartwright decides to try smoking with his friends. When the sheriff surprises the boys, their simple act of mischief turns in to near tragedy.
Rating: K+ WC 6300
Stubborn (by Sibylle)
Summary: WHIB/WHB to “The Ride” Ben remembers his first argument with a three-year-old Adam.
Rated: K WC 650
Be Ready for the Thunder (by pbeaking)
Summary: Adam and Ben find themselves caught in a storm… a storm that brings back a childhood memory for Adam that they both reflect on and recreate in their minds. Ben certainly left a lasting impression on his boys.
Rating: K+ 1500
Ben and Adam on the Road (by Sibylle)
Summary: WHB Inger My Love Even Ben wasn´t always the perfect father.
Rated: K WC 1250
Posies (by pbeaking)
Summary: Ben has just found the very spot he wants to call home. Can he look past his fear and build his dream into a reality?
Rating: K 650
The Christmas Gift (by pbeaking)
Summary: Ben’s granddaughter, Lizzy gives her grandfather a special Christmas gift. This story touches upon the importance of family, remembering those who have passed and those that cannot be with us. Just a short story for the Holiday Season. Enjoy!
Rating: K (1,780 words)
A Stop Along the Way (by bahj)
Summary: Sometimes, it’s the littlest things in the smallest places that make the biggest impact. To young Adam Cartwright, Galesburg, Ill. is just another stop on the long journey West, but this time his life will be changed forever.
Rating: K (Word count: 42,700)
The Smell of Bread (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam visits the Ponderosa.
Rated: K+ WC 640
Fool’s Gold (by Patina)
Rating: T
Word Count=4843
Summary: Gold and greed are a volatile mix.
Pa’s Best Man (by Visage)
Summary: Just a little unanswered scene (in my humble opinion) from ‘Inger, My Love.’ After Ben proposes to Inger in the street they both go off in the opposite direction of the boarding house forgetting all about poor Adam! (Which they seem to do a lot in this episode…) This is my attempt to fix that.
Rating: K WC 2900
Ashes to Ashes (by Krystyna)
Summary: A young woman seeks the help of Ben and Adam to locate her lost sister.
Rated: K (20,100 words)
Lesson Learnt (by bahj)
Summary: When Ben and Adam find themselves at odds, it takes the help of some crawdads, mashed potatoes, and a dragon to bring them back together again.
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 5704
Genesis – The Ponderosa (by Krystyna)
Summary: Ben and Adam receive an old trunk from Abel Stoddard which sets them off on a long journey to when the first Cartwright stepped foot on American soil in the 17th Century.
Rating K (42,870 words)
Staying the Course (by Cheaux)
Summary: Ben learns from Adam that there is more than one way to reach a goal.
Rated: K — 1700 words
