Flat
Stanley in NYC -- Part 2
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All words, paintings and images copyright ©1998- Annette Adams Bush. |
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Flat
Stanley
says "Hello" to everyone
on the plane from
Atlanta to NYC. |
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After
a quick limo ride, we found
the apartment on this pretty street where we would stay with
six other artists from Florida, Alabama, Texas, and California. |
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We
decided to take a walk. |
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Flat
Stanley showed us
his friend on the sign
who told us when it was safe to cross. |
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We
called him 'Flashing Stanley' and watched for him
everywhere
we went! |
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We
walked up Fifth Avenue to
Central Park. Everyone loves
Central Park. It has lakes, ball
games, horses for riding, ice skating, a zoo, tennis, bike riding and a
big
castle and . . . |
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Wait!
We'll show you
some of it. |
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WOW!
Flat Stanley wants to know about all the orange
flags. |
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There's our friend,
Anna. She can tell
us. |
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She explains that the
orange is saffron. The flags are special art
called
"The Gates" by the artists,
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who
created them. She also said that
Jeanne-Claude has hair the same
color! |
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Flat
Stanley thought that was cool. |
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Anna
tells Annette that she is a monitor. Her job is to
answer questions, to use her tall pole to untangle the 'flags' and
to give out these small saffron fabric squares. |
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All the
monitors have special jackets,
like Anna's, which the artists also designed. |
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Anna
said that sometimes the dogs walking in the park tried to catch
the tennis ball on her tall pole. |
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The sun and wind made
the saffron look so beautiful. |
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Everyone
had fun watching the
ducks swimming in the
icy pond. |
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The
Gates made
exciting paths for
all the people who came from around the world to see them. |
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To see
all 7,503 gates, we would have to walk 23 miles of paths! |
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Flat
Stanley was glad to ride in his saffron envelope. |
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All words, paintings and images copyright ©1998- Annette Adams Bush. |
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