The Stone Angel

by Pamela Rogers

Susan's efforts to become a saint after receiving a message from a stone angel on a tombstone are aided by her loyal East Indian friend, Rab.

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

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Then it happened. The Stone Angel stopped looking directly at the ground. It gazed at Susan. It spoke.
Its hand quivered upward to heaven as usual, but the word was there — brilliant in Susans mind.
The Stone Angel said GO.
Susan understood the message perfectly — she was to be a Saint. She knew what to do, and with eager Rab Banerjee as her follower, she set out to do it.
For a start there was a neighbor’s savage dog. She would tame him, like Saint Francis. But when she approached and said, “Peace, dog,” he didn’t seem to hear — and Susan had to flee for her life.
Next came the squalling Briggs baby. She would take him for a nice stroll in his carriage. But when they got back to the Briggs house, she was accused of kidnapping him.
Then it was rearranging the graveyard flowers, to share them among all the graves. This would make it fairer, and it would be a Good Thing to do. But her partner in this charitable act sold the freshest ones to the florist, and that wasn’t such a Good Thing.
And so went Susan’s campaign to become a Saint. It wasn’t easy to begin with, and it got harder and harder as she went along until finally there was nothing else to do but sacrifice something that was her very own. And in that sacrifice Susan learns that there’s something much better than being a Saint — much, much better and her very own.

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