One day in school, the teacher said, “Let’s write down on a piece of paper why we love our neighbor. Your neighbor is the one sitting next to you.”
“Oh no! Oh no! I thought. Do you know who sits next to me? Wilbur the Mole! NOBODY likes Wilbur (except his Mommy).
He has a long nose and little tiny dots for eyes. His fur is always mashed up. He doesn’t smell good all the time either.
Sometimes he loses his crayons because is desk is so messy. I have to give him some of mine. What will I write about Wilbur? I thought. NOBODY likes Wilbur.
He forgets his snack a lot and I have to share mine. I have to help him remember things. He’s always losing his mittens.
NOBODY likes Wilbur. I thought.
Just then the teacher said, “Wilbur, read what you wrote about your neighbor, Bird.”
Wilbur nosed through his messy desk. He put the paper very close to his tiny little eyes and read…
“I love Bird, because he loves me. He gives me crayons when I lose mine. I know he loves me because he helps me remember things when I forget. I’m just a tiny-eyed mole with mashed-up hair, but I know that Bird is my friend.”
NOBODY LIKES WILBUR except his Mommy and ME. He sure knows what love is.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
In November 1975, Buddy and Pat Harrison launched Harrison House Publishers, releasing their first titles in 1976. Since then, Harrison House has published and distributed more than 100 million books in 42 languages and in more than 175 countries. Since Dr. Harrison's homegoing in November of 1998, Harrison House has continued to publish the uncompromised Word of God.
2009 brought unprecedented changes to the publishing world, and Harrison House experienced changes as well. Press Group, a local printer and vendor, purchased Harrison House in April 2009, merging two complementary companies into one. With printing facilities, warehousing, and technology now under one roof, Harrison House is able to provide faster turn times, more accurate order processing, and better stock levels than ever before. We are truly poised to further the vision God put in the hearts of Buddy and Pat Harrison over 30 years ago: taking the Word of God to the world, impacting generations for His Kingdom.