{"id":11005,"date":"2006-09-01T08:36:23","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T12:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=11005"},"modified":"2021-02-24T12:10:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:10:27","slug":"april-fools-day-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=11005","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Collection – April Fools’ Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any day may be proclaimed<\/em> a holiday where our authors are concerned; and just what have they dreamed up for our ‘boys’ this time?<\/p>\n

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Not all of these stories were written with April Fools’ Day in mind, but that doesn’t stop them from being included as part of this collection.<\/p>\n

Click on the title to reach the story.<\/p>\n

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April Fools’ Day (aka All Fools’ Day)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Dark Night’s Tale<\/a> by the Tahoe Ladies<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 Joe hears things that ‘bump’ in the night….
\nRating: K Word Count:\u00a0 \u00a01200<\/p>\n

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A Misconstrued Statement<\/a> by Bluewind Farm<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 Hoss attempts an explanation to Ben of who is coming down the street, and why.
\nRating:\u00a0 K+ \u00a0900 words<\/p>\n

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And So the Sad Tale Begins<\/a> by JoanS<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 Ben comes home to find trouble in the house.
\nRating:\u00a0 K \u00a06,270 words<\/p>\n

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Does Clemmie Get Her Man?<\/a> by Krystyna<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 Are the rumours and newspaper reports circulating among Virginia City’s citizens concerning Ben and Clementine Hawkins true?\u00a0\u00a0 Or, might there be something more sinister afoot?
\nRating:\u00a0\u00a0 K+ \u00a05,400 words<\/p>\n

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Fools Rush In<\/a>\u00a0by Donna<\/p>\n

Summary\u201d Two brothers brace themselves for the inevitable…or is it?
\nRated T \u00a01,100 words<\/p>\n

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He Had a Bad Day<\/a> by Freyakendra<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 No bad day could ever compare to Joe\u2019s bad day. Next time you have a bad day, read this and suddenly it won\u2019t seem so bad after all!
\nRated: K+\u00a0\u00a0 WC\u00a0 6400<\/p>\n

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House Hunt <\/span><\/a>(by BettyHT)<\/span><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 Retaliation for a prank leads to revenge and a mystery which relieves some of the boredom of a long snowy winter.
\nRating:\u00a0 PG\u00a0\u00a0 Word Count:\u00a0 3,079<\/p>\n

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Indignity of it All (The)<\/a> by Terina<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 A routine day of rounding up stays turns into a comedy of error for Adam.
\nRated: T\u00a0 WC 1800<\/p>\n

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It’s a Serious Business Being Funny<\/a> by The Giggly Sisters<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 A fond look at some classic comedy moments from life on the Ponderosa.
\nRated: K+ WC 1500<\/p>\n

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Let’s Try That Again<\/a> by Puchi Ann<\/p>\n

Summary: Have you ever had a day that started on the wrong side of deluge of water . . . and went downhill from there? Join Little Joe Cartwright as he struggles to reach the end of one particularly problematic Monday.
\nRating: K+\u00a0 (15,600)<\/p>\n

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Physics 101<\/a> by Tahoe Ladies<\/p>\n

Summary: Adam becomes the ‘butt’ of a joke…
\nRated: K+ Word Count: 730<\/p>\n

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Rumor Has It<\/a> by Bluewind Farm<\/p>\n

Summary: What happens when Adam and Joe have time to kill until the stage arrives? A Chaps & Spurs Challenge inspired story.
\n1,030 words \u00a0Rating: K+<\/p>\n

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Smelling a Rat<\/a> by Heike<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 Rats in the classroom? Miss Jones sent her students home early, but is little Little Joe to blame for it?
\nWC 1700\u00a0 Rating:\u00a0 K<\/p>\n

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Snipe Hunt (The)<\/a>\u00a0by SusanG<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 Joe pulls Hoss into another prank that could cost more than he bargained for.
\nWord Count: \u00a027,300 \u00a0Rated: \u00a0T<\/p>\n

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Topsy Turvy <\/a>by DebbieB & JennieA<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 When seventeen year old Joe wakes, the sun is shining bright, the birds are singing and everything is prefect in his world, that is until his bedroom door is pushed opened by a strangle little kid who looks somewhat like his older brother, Hoss. Ben suddenly appears, babe in arms and when his father refers to the infant as Little Adam, Joe realizes that his world has just been turned Topsy Turvy.
\nRated:\u00a0 G\u00a0 \u00a09,300 words<\/p>\n

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Topsy Turvy <\/a>by JennieA & DebbieB<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 When seventeen year old Joe wakes, the sun is shining bright, the birds are singing and everything is prefect in his world, that is until his bedroom door is pushed opened by a strangle little kid who looks somewhat like his older brother, Hoss. Ben suddenly appears, babe in arms and when his father refers to the infant as Little Adam, Joe realizes that his world has just been turned Topsy Turvy.
\nRated:\u00a0 G\u00a0 \u00a09,300 words<\/p>\n

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Additional stories might be located via the following:<\/p>\n

Humor<\/a> Category<\/p>\n

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Think about it, when one of our boys had a bad day, was it really their fault?\u00a0 Might it just have been a prank gone wrong?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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