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We are in the coveted Historic West Beach area, steps from the beach, Las Banos Public Pool, Stearns Wharf, Harbor, world-class dining, and downtown shops, including our own local farmers market. We are not next to the railroad tracks, highway or on a commercial thoroughfare.
Leave your car and associated traffic/parking worries behind. We even offer RARE off street reserved parking.
The Beach Getaway resides in a historical turn of the century building and retains the charm of the day's bygone. It has been lovingly restored to reflect Santa Barbara's style including hand cast plaster, 10 feet vaulted ceilings and Waterford fireplace giving it both a romantic and European feeling.
The large and private courtyard is encased with green shrubbery and offers Italian fountain, dining table and chairs, chaise lounges and stainless steel BBQ to enjoy the local favorites.
The sparkling open and fully equipped kitchen was designed with high quality construction, including granite countertops, hardwood floors and custom cabinets that are complimented with all appliances: Refrigerator, stove, oven, dishwasher, microwave and washer and dryer. Its granite counter tops include a dining area for 5.
The warm and cozy living room has hardwood floors, Waterford fireplace, pull out couch, 46' TV and a view of the private courtyard through the french glass door.
The queen bedroom has a sliding glass door with garden view, that leads to a private patio and is accessible by this bedroom only. The second bedroom has a king bed, small desk and wireless internet throughout.
Each bedroom is complimented with a full bath, each with a shower/tub combination. The bathrooms offer limestone floors, granite countertops and French white tiles.
When you book with us, you are booking directly with the owners, which means you are not dealing with a management company, or a 3rd party call center, or a computerized mobile application. Often times the 3rd party does not live in town or even know the property. We know our properties intimately, as we both own and manage them, and have a 15 year track record. Our seventeen independent FIVE star reviews speak for themselves, including our cleanliness. Also our history as a vacation rental ensures that the property will be delivered. Unfortunately there are some fraudulent offerings and sometimes rental agencies have the ability to 'substitute' your property with another.
Upon booking, directions are emailed along with our contact information, Restaurant Recommendations, Winery and Activities Recommendations and Welcome Notes providing detailed information about the Beach Getaway. In this way, you can drive right to the Getaway, which has a lock box where you'll use your unique code to enter. There is no need to set up an appointment. Inside, you'll enjoy premium amenities: shampoo, soaps, paper & cleaning products, and 5 star quality bath and beach towels, linens and cleaniness.
And we offer complimentary champagne upon your arrival.
While priced slightly higher than most 1BR/1BA's, the Beach Getaway offers a comfortable stay for 2 couples or a small family. Most of the single hotel rooms are priced higher and yet our Beach Getaway offers so much more.
Or you can upgrade to our Santa Barbara Ocean Getaway VRBO #20308 which offers approximately 1/3 more square footage and slightly higher amenities. Or rent both, which are side by side, for 4 bedrooms and 4 baths.
We welcome a comparison to the 200+ vacation rentals and Hotels as we are unmatched in location, quality & price!
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Member since: 2002
Property Type
- Condo
- On floor 1
- 800 sq. ft.
House Rules
- Max. occupancy 5
- Children Welcome
- Non Smoking Only
- Pets Not Allowed
Accommodation Type
- Vacation Rental
- Guests Provide Their Own Meals
Onsite Services
- Housekeeper Optional
- Long-Term Renters Welcome
- Wheelchair Inaccessible
Bedrooms: 2 Bedrooms, Sleeps 5, Beds for 4-5
- Bedroom 1: 1 king
- Bedroom 2: 1 queen
- Convertible bed(s)
- King size beds (1), Queen size Beds (1), Complimentary Pak n Play and Highchair available The queen bedroom has glass doors that lead to its own private patio with garden views....moreless
Bathrooms: 2 Bathrooms
Other Amenities
- Unmatched IN SANTA BARBARA for the location, quality and price!, Wireless High Speed Internet access, Private reserved parking, Private courtyard with Italian fountains, chaise lounges & Gas grill, Waterford Fireplace, Washer/Dryer, phone CD and stereo, stove, 2 queen beds and full size pull out sofa, 2 full baths, linens provided, Lovingly restored turn of the century building, Antiques imported from Europe and dating to the late 1800's, Steps to Beach, Stearns Wharf & downtown. ALL FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A SINGLE HOTEL ROOM....moreless
- Adventure
- Budget
- Family
- Historic
- Romantic
- Spa
- Tourist Attractions
- Arboretum
- Botanical Garden
- Cinemas
- Health/Beauty Spa
- Live Theater
- Marina
- Museums
- Playground
- Restaurants
- Winery Tours
- Zoo
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/Bank
- Fitness Center
- Groceries
- Hospital
- Massage Therapist
- Medical Services
Leisure Activities
- Antiquing
- Beachcombing
- Bird Watching
- Boating
- Gambling Casinos
- Horseback Riding
- Outlet Shopping
- Scenic Drives
- Shelling
- Shopping
- Sight Seeing
- Walking
- Whale Watching
- Wildlife Viewing
Location Type
2 blocks to West beach and Public Pool. 2 more blocks to Stearns Wharf & State Street. In the opposite direction, within two blocks, is the Harbor and Marina. BEST LOCATION IN SANTA BARBARA....moreless
2 blocks to West beach and Public Pool. 2 more blocks to Stearns Wharf & State Street. In the opposite direction, within two blocks, is the Harbor and Marina. BEST LOCATION IN SANTA BARBARA....moreless
Sports & Adventure Activities
- Basketball Court
- Cycling
- Deepsea Fishing
- Equestrian Events
- Fishing
- Golf
- Hiking
- Hot Air Ballooning
- Jet Skiing
- Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Mountain Climbing
- Paragliding
- Parasailing
- Pier Fishing
- Rock Climbing
- Roller Blading
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving Or Snorkeling
- Snorkeling
- Snorkeling/Diving
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Water Skiing
- Wind-Surfing
- Child's Highchair
- Dining
- Dining Area
- Seating for 4 people
- Alarm Clock
- Basic Soaps
- Clothes Dryer
- Fireplace:
Fitness Room / Equipment:
The Santa Barbara Athletic Club is a 5 minute walk and offers temporary membership...moreless
- Gas Fireplace:
- Hair Dryer
- Heating
- Internet:
- Iron & Board
- Laundry Soap
- Linens Provided
- Living Room
- Paper Towels
- Blender
- Coffee Grinder
- Coffee Maker:
- Cooking Utensils
- Dishes & Utensils
- Dishwasher
- Deck / Patio
- Lawn / Garden
- Outdoor Grill
- Outdoor Grill Gas
- Terrace
Pool / Spa
House Cleaning
- Housekeeper Optional
RatesCurrency Conversion
|Weekend Night
|Monthly *
May Special
May 8 - May 19, 2017
3 night min stay
2017 High Season & HOLIDAYS
May 20 - Sep 10, 2017
4 night min stay
Rates are based on 4 guests; add $25 per night, per additional guest
Thanks Giving
Nov 19 - Nov 27, 2017
4 night min stay
Rates are based on 4 guests; add $25 per night, per additional guest
X'Mas & New Year
Dec 17 - Jan 1, 2018
4 night min stay
Rates are based on 4 guests; add $25 per night, per additional guest
My Standard Rate
3 night min stay
Rates are based on 4 guests; add $25 per night, per additional guest
Additional information about rental rates
- Refundable Damage Deposit $300
- Cleaning Fee $150
- Tax Rate 15%
The 15% tax rate is for 12% TOT Tax and 3% Homeaway Booking fee to owner.
$300 refundable damage security deposit.
Higher Season rates apply for Holidays & Graduation weeks.
3 night rate reduced the longer the stay, i.e. 4 nights versus 3, 5 nights versus 4 etc..
Inquire for monthly rates which depend on length of stay and season.
Maximum occupancy up to 5 but 4 are recommended due to size.
50% of the rent, tax, cleaning fee & damage security deposit are required to confirm a reservation with the remaining 50% due 30 days before check-in
Owner's cancellation policy:
Policy available by contacting owner when booking
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Car: Not Necessary
Check in time is 4 PM.
Check out time is 11 AM.
There are 900+ vacation rentals in the 'Santa Barbara Area'. Vacation rentals pricing follow the same trend as real estate pricing - location, location. The farther out you go out of Santa Barbara, the less expensive the real estate and the better the vacation rental pricing.
We are located in the best area of Santa Barbara - the Historic West Beach Area - 2 blocks to the Beach and downtown Santa Barbara, yet not on a commercial thoroughfare, not next to the railroad tracks or not adjacent a highway. And we offer private reserved parking.
In addition to location, look at our property and compare amenities and pricing. We are unmatched.
Owner info
Year Purchased: 2003
About the owner: My husband and I own and manage our property which enables us to give attention to detail and to our guests. We work hard to retain our 50% repeat business and it shows in the warmth, cleaniness and quality of our property.
Why the Owner Chose West Beach, Santa Barbara, CA, USA:
This is truly the way to enjoy Santa Barbara. We are walking distance to all - the beach, harbor, public pool, Stearns Wharf and the main street downtown (State Street) that hosts the best restaurants, shops and theaters. We also offer rare private reserved parking, enabling you to park you car freely. Why waste time in traffic or looking for parking as parking in Santa Barbara can be a challenge and the highways do experience significant traffic delays. We are located in a residential area, not a commercial thorough fare or next to the rail road tracks or highway. We also offer a large private courtyard with Italian fountain, chaise lounges table and chairs and gas grill, that enable you to relax and enjoy the sun, or cook you local favorites on our gas grill. You will not find a comparable vacation rental when comparing location, quality and price!
Contact us
Send email
- Primary: +1 6468080648 Melanie, Todd & Eddy
- Secondary: +1 6468080648 Eddy Taylor
Links to more information:
- CLICK HERE - Santa Barbara Luxury Beach Getaways
- Click Here to see All My Rental Listings
Relax in a private courtyard, with trickling fountain, 2 blks to beach & town
Fully equipped kitchen with granite, immaculately clean & new
Sweet dreams in a King Size French Antique Rosewood Bed
Second bedroom with hedges shown grown in
Historic - A winning combination of location, quality and price!
Leave your car and parking worries behind - with RARE private parking
The most desirable location in Santa Barbara -Historic West Beach
Enjoy our local farmers markets on State Street
Walk to State Street and enjoy the town. Hop on the trolley for added fun.
Walk to the harbor and take a sunrise or sunset cruise
Famed Stearns Wharf a walk away
Santa Barbara Beaches with as much wild life as there are people
Warm and cozy living room with glass door to private courtyard
One of two full bathrooms
Bedroom has a terrace that faces this encased front yard
Walk to the beach and enjoy our restaraunts with your feet in the sand
Be IN Santa Barbara from sunrise to sunset
Leave your car and worries behind - walk to the farmers market
Park your car and leave your worries behind-walk to downtown and City wine tour
Take a sunrise or sunset cruise
Kids park adjacent to Stearns Wharf. Bike rentals also adjacent
The locals of Stearns Wharf....
This listing was first published here in 2002.
Date last modified - Thursday, April 27, 2017
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Many studies have examined the impact of high-quality pre-K on the youngest learners. Here are some of the more famous:
To read the entire Daily Journal State of Our Schools series, including the most recent installment about pre-K, visit: http://djournal.com/education-matters/state-of-our-schools/
PRE-K Studies:
• The Abecedarian Project
Four cohorts of individuals, born into low-income families between 1972 and 1977, were randomly assigned as infants to either the early educational intervention group or a control group. Their progress was observed over time by researchers from the University of North Carolina with follow-up studies at ages 12, 15 and 21.
It found that children who participated had higher cognitive test scores from the toddler years to age 21. They also had higher academic achievement in reading and math from the primary grades through young adulthood.
Participants also completed more years of education and were more likely to attend a four-year college. They were older, on average, when their first child was born.
• Abbott Preschool Program
The New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke mandated the state establish high-quality preschool education in the 31 highest poverty school districts in the state, beginning in the 1999-2000 school year. This was achieved through a mix of private and public programs.
A study by The National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University found that ruling has led to dramatic improvements in both the quality of pre-K classrooms and the performance of children.
NIEER found those who attended the program made strong gains in language, literacy and math at kindergarten entry and that those gains held for students in fourth- and fifth-grades.
For students who were in the pre-K program for two years, the effects were large enough to close about half of the achievement gap between low-income children and their more advantaged peers. NIEER also estimated that Abbott pre-K reduced grade repetition from 19 percent to 12 percent and special education from 17 percent to 12 percent, through fifth grade.
• High/Scope Perry Preschool Study
The study examined the lives of 123 Ypsilanti, Michigan, children born in poverty and at high risk of failing in school. Between 1962 and 1967, at ages 3 and 4, the subjects were randomly divided into a group that received a high-quality preschool program and a comparison group that received no program.
Those who attended the High/Scope Perry preschool had significantly improved IQ scores during and for the first year after their attendance, but those scores soon faded. As the study continued to track participants through age 40, however, longer-term benefits emerged. Those who attended the high-quality pre-K had better school achievement, higher high school graduation rates, higher adult earnings and lower crime rates than peers who did not. They were more likely to own their homes and to be employed and less likely to be arrested, to use drugs or to depend on social services.
• Head Start Impact Study
Head Start began in 1965 under President Johnson's "War on Poverty" as a way to boost school readiness of low-income children. It provides preschool educational services to 3- and 4-year-old children, as well as medical, dental, mental health and nutrition services, and it helps parents to foster their children's development. When Congress reauthorized the program in 1998, it called for the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a national study to determine the program's impact.
That study analyzed 4,667 newly entering 3- and 4-year olds at 383 centers in 23 states. They were randomly assigned to a group that attended Head Start and a control group that was not given access to Head Start but could enroll in other early childhood programs.
An updated report in October 2012 looked at those students through the completion of third grade. It found improved cognitive, social-emotional, health and parenting practice outcomes for Head Start students while they were in preschool. However, almost all of those positive results disappeared by the time the children completed third grade.
The study does not compare pre-K attendance to non attendance, however, as 60 percent of children in the non-Head Start control group still enrolled in some early education program, including about 15 percent who still found their way into Head Start programs. Instead, the study looks at the specific impact of Head Start attendance at age 3 and at age 4.
• The Chicago Longitudinal Study
The long-term study has tracked more than 1,400 children born in 1980 into low-income, minority families in Chicago. It compares 957 of those children who received high-quality preschool and early intervention services through third-grade from the Child-Parent Center Education Program to 529 children of similar socioeconomic status who did not.
Researchers from the University of Minnesota found the Child-Parent Center program had a strong positive impact well into adulthood. The most recent report was released in 2011 and tracked those individuals at age 28. It found those who participated in the pre-K program had higher levels of educational attainment, socioeconomic status and job skills and lower rates of substance abuse, felony arrest and incarceration. The greatest impact was observed on males and on children of high school dropouts.
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She's back! This morning, former Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina sat for a lengthy interview with BBC presenter Stephen Sackur.
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1. 1904, July
The night wind was blowing almost gently through the corn field, even despite the often cold gusts that broke the corn heads' rhythmic swing to force them down on a tight bend. But it was a nice summer night, nonetheless, especially after the searing hot day. The countless stars lit up a moonless sky that was almost a new world's landscape. Yet it held no true interest for the boy lying amidst the partial protection of the corn stalks.
Brown eyes gazing up, the dark haired boy wasn't particularly sleepy, nor was he feeling particularly prone to thinking. Therefore, he simply gazed lazily to the starscape that happened to be above him while watching, for lack of better enjoyment, the random memories his mind was currently juggling with.
The recorded images of the last days had mingled themselves in one chaotic pleasant flow. The boy found himself smiling dreamily at the warmth of those recent memories and searched around for a thin herb stalk on which to chew on, thus preventing more smiles from opening themselves. He knew it was not good to let himself flow with that warmth. There would be a beating lurking behind it. It was a lesson he had learnt a long time ago. He wasn't sure when it had been, but his mind was quick to provide him with images that attested to their antiquity. Hidden away in a distant memory, there was a big, tall woman whose face was a blank. The only distinctive feature his mind had not blurred was the woman's blonde hair.
Ah!, and there it was, the warmth once again. It enveloped him as he remembered the intonation of her words – gentle, soothing, sometimes even cheerful – although he couldn't grasp the sound of her voice anymore. He particularly remembered the times when she sat down and held him tight, speaking in whispers. She'd repeat his name over and over like a strange prayer, her little boy's name, and promise he would grow up strong and big, and nothing or no one would ever be able to hurt him.
It was warm and safe, that memory. Even in its danger. Because it would always undo itself in the arrival of Pa. And the beating lurking behind the ancient warmth would come falling on the woman, as he remembered hiding behind… something. It didn't really matter what it was, since it always failed to protect him from the blows that soon shifted from the weeping woman onto himself.
Pa didn't like his name. The boy knew that was the reason he never said it; why he always just called him boy. It was also the reason why he beat the woman every time she pronounced his name, and then kicked him out of his hiding place and beat him. He remembered there had been a time when the woman had tried to stand up against Pa. There had been a lot of screaming that one time, and Pa had been as enraged as he had never been before. The boy still recalled the cold of the night as he had run away from the small house, afraid of how big a beating he might catch on the account of the woman. When he had returned to the house, the next day, he had found that the woman had gone away.
Pa had never again beaten him on account of his name. Later, the boy had found out she had been taken to the cemetery, down in the village, and he quickly decided it had been good she had died. Because he might miss the safety of her strong arms, but they were strong only when Pa was away; and when he arrived, their strength melted away into helpless tears. And a lot of pain.
The boy closed his eyes. The memory of the pain of those past beatings, over his hateful name, became mixed with the pain of a more recent beating. Once more he was pleased it was summer. He could spend the entire night away and thus avoid meeting Pa in the morning, as he woke up. Pa always woke up early, and would be mad if he wasn't getting up already. Only, it was very hard to wake up before Pa. Very hard indeed. He wished it could be summer all year round.
It seemed like he had just half wished for an eternal summer, when the sun came bouncing up in the sky. The boy, eyes still closed, tried to ignore it and will it away; but the sun was already too high and the corn stalks offered no protection. Finally, he gave up his slumber and got up, stretching lazily.
The day had already grown hot, despite being late summer, the days slowly shrinking. Scratching his head vigorously, the boy headed away from the shadowless field and wandered into the coolly shaded apple tree orchard. He ate a few apples to appease his growling stomach and threw stones at a couple dogs that came barking warnings at his intrusion. Sharp eyes and a steady hand soon chased the orchard keeper's dogs away and, feeling good with himself, he went straight for the big house. No sense in lingering behind to be caught by the dumb apple keeper.
It was a bit late in the morning, but he hoped to spot pretty Rose around the house so he got down to do his chore, tending to the garden, in the areas he knew offered a better chance of catching a glimpse of her. He whistled some mismatched melody as he plucked weeds out of the flower beds, always keeping an eye out for the house girl's red hair.
"Hey, Dog!"
He turned around sharply at the voice of the new stable boy, Harold Cobbett, who was only slightly older than himself. He knew him from the village, down the hill. Harold used to run in pack with all the other boys and he knew better than to cross their way, since they enjoyed beating every boy that wasn't a part of their group. It had been them who had twisted his true name around into Dog, a long, long time ago. They had probably even forgotten all about it, too.
But Harold was older, now, and seemed to really have forgotten the times when he had run with the pack. The dark haired boy still didn't like him, though. He acted all important like just because he was slightly older and worked with the horses. So, he ignored the other boy's call and went back to his chore, lips pursed together in a sudden bad mood.
"Hey, ain't ya heard me callin' ya? Dog!"
"Whaddya want?" He answered gruffly. He hated being called that, but since Pa had never once complained about it, and much less beaten him because of it, he never said anything against it.
"Miss Rose's been askin' fer ya." That got his attention, but he continued on plucking weeds as if his heart wasn't beating as fast as a fly beats its wings. "I think Master James wanna sees ya or somethin'."
He focused harder on his chore.
"Hey, ain't ya heard me?" Looking down at the weeds, he failed to notice the older boy looking around for any witnesses. He also failed to notice him pulling back his foot; so when the kick hit him on the back, the boy fell over with a suppressed yelp. "Master James's waitin' fer his pet dog: don't keep'im waitin'!"
He moved fast, his small fist closed in a ball, his precious pen knife sticking out threateningly; but young Harold knew the trick and had already bounced out of the bladed punch's way. Swiftly, he held the young boy's wrist and twisted it around, effectively stopping him from attempting another blow.
"Careful, ya stupid Dog!" He spit his warning threateningly. "Ya wouldn't want Old Howlett ta know ya's a lil' murderin' thief, like yer Pa, would ya? Ya oughtta be thankin' us, village folks, fer not rattin' yer old man out, 'stead o' actin' all bratty."
With a last kick, Harold sent the boy face first into the flower bed. He never even bothered to get away quickly, but simply took two steps back and waited for the dirty face to come up, contorted with fury and hurt pride.
"Master James's waitin' fer ya." He said out loud and clear. "So hurry up an' get outta here. Dog. Go on, move!"
He stood tall, looking down on him. Still fuming, the young boy got up. He wanted to charge the mocking village boy, but he knew he didn't stand a chance. He almost did charge, in spite of it; yet he ended up turning his back on him and wandering away, his ears burning from a few last remarks.
The boy felt hot tears burning his eyes but swallowed them down. He wiped his right cheek with his tattered shirt, promising himself he would one day beat them all away. Harold and all the village boys, who thought themselves so high and mighty. He'd show them… He had sometimes thrown stones at the pack, but he had been careful to remain hidden. Nevertheless, what he really wanted to was to be as strong as his Pa and show them all, cowards, who the boss was. And one day… one day he'd make them pay for everything!
He almost growled when he heard James calling him. They'd pay for that, too. His Pa might hate his name, but he didn't like this… this 'name' any better. But do what? He wished folks would call him Logan, because they sometimes said he was the 'Logan boy', but that was what most folks called his father. It didn't seem fair that Pa could have two nice names folks could use, Thomas and Logan, while he didn't have any. He remembered that day, in the beginning of summer, when Rose and James had come to talk to him.
"You're Logan's boy, aren't you?" She had asked. He had been afraid she might ask him his name, then, because he didn't know what he could have said. But she didn't.
"Your name's Dog, isn't it?" James had asked instead, and when he didn't answer the boy had just smiled and pointed brightly to the pretty red-head girl. "She's Rose. She's come to live with us in the house and play with me. Do you know the way to the pond? I wanted to show it to her, but I'm afraid I'll get lost…"
He had pointed the way, not even saying a word. But Rose had smiled, and asked him if he would like to go, too…
"Dog! Huwy!" He felt his rage calm down slightly as the younger boy waved energetically with one hand. "Come and see what Wose found. Huwy!"
It was a tiny baby bird. James showed it to him with his typical cheerfulness, explaining he was going to take it home and raise it. He chuckled when he heard Rose's defeated sigh.
"It's gonna die." He then informed as he lay down on the grass, after a quick glance to the half feathered creature. "It must be fed by its Ma, and she won't do it now that it's outta the nest."
James was crestfallen for a moment, and then vigorously decided he'd take the baby back to its home, then. The boy looked at James, his clothes for playing outside very neatly arranged, and grinned. They might be more or less the same age, but the little master seemed years younger, both in looks and thinking.
"Don't be stupid, James. Ya can't climb a tree." He once more relaxed on the grass, but it was a short lived rest.
"James, Dog's right: you can't… No, James! Stop that!"
He sat up at the urgency in Rose's voice, and could see that James was determined to save the chick. Flushed face, he was confronting Rose and demanding she held the little bird while he climbed.
"You will not…" But she received the chick even as she talked, and James coughed a few times before getting ready. "You'll get hurt, James. Please! You're not well…"
"I am too!" He insisted, whiffing determinedly: "And it's not too hard to cwimb a twee. I've done it befo'."
With a grunt, the ragged boy got up and put his arm around James neck, pulling him away from the tree and keeping him locked in an embrace that had the boy coughing.
"Dog! Let him go. He can't breathe with you holding him like that."
But the dark haired boy ignored her. He wasn't hurting the sickly child. He even let him finish his coughing before explaining he couldn't take the bird back.
"Ya heard Rose: ya ain't well." And he wasn't; he never pronounced the r's and l's when his allergies got worse. "I'll do it."
One foot against the tree, the hardened skin adhering to the bark much better than James's well groomed shoes, and he started his ascension to search for the nest. It took a while before he located it, with Rose warning him to be careful while James cheered him on.
"He won't fa', Wose. Dog's much too good to fa' fwom a twee. Mo' to the wight, Dog! To the… No, the othe' wight. Yes, that's it!"
And indeed there it was. Illustrating James's faith in his abilities, he climbed down in an agile moment and asked for the chick. It was going to die anyway, he knew, because most mother birds let their chicks starve to death if you climbed to their nests and touched them. The other chicks in the nest would probably all die, because of this one. But he didn't tell James how stupid his idea of saving the chick was. He was just a little kid, anyway.
Climbing with the chick was harder. Rose fashioned a little bag from her handkerchief where the little creature could be safely transported, but it wasn't easy pulling himself up with only one arm. He scratched legs and arms mercilessly, sometimes going so far as to grab the handkerchief endings with his mouth. Nevertheless, every struggle got him closer to his target, until he finally reached his destination and carelessly dumped the chick. James hoorayed from below as he waved the now empty handkerchief to signal his success. Then, one of his feet slipped and his left arm lost its former grip on the branch it had been holding. In no time, he crashed through the branches to the sound of Rose's frightened yelp and stopped only at his companions' feet.
"Dog! Are you all right?"
"A'e you hu't?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Fine!" He grumpily shooed away James and Rose's attentions. "Ya distracted me, that's all."
Sighing in relief, her hand poised dandily over her heart, Rose sat down next to him. James, assured his companion was OK, went back to the tree and tried to gaze at the nest.
"Please be more careful, next time." She glanced over at James with a smile, not noticing the dirty boy's pale grimace. "James! The chicks are fine, now. It's time we return for lunch."
James was walking back, while Rose got up to meet him, and saw the ragged boy lie down with a pained expression, clutching his left arm.
"Dog! You a'e not well; you' hu't!" And when he snapped he was 'fine!', James sulked and insisted. "I saw you. You' awm is hu't."
Unfortunately, James had got too close and was caught quite by surprise when the boy sprang up and wrapped his right arm around James's legs. The helpless child fell down with a weak yelp, and in the next moment his companion was sitting on his midriff and holding his starched collar.
"Now, who's ya sayin' ain't well, huh?"
"Dog! How dare you! Get off him." An outraged Rose was now trying to pull him back and out of her young charge, and he obeyed her sulkily when she grabbed his left arm, which was still aching from the fall. "What's wrong with you, today! You could have hurt James."
He watched as Rose worried around the coughing boy, dusting away his clothes and anxiously asking him if he was feeling all right in between glares at the half-sulking boy.
"I didn't do nuthin'." He complained. "We was just foolin' 'round, Rose. Ya treat 'im like he's a lil' girl."
But Rose was angry and would not have his explanations. She insisted James was not going to take part in such rough games, and not just because he was a sickly child.
"He is not one of those village boys you're used to play with, Dog. Fighting may come natural for you, boys, down below; but it's not right for a boy in his station." And then, holding James's hand as she guided him back to the house. "I wish all of you, boys, would just not enjoy fights at all."
James, however, had been glad to accept his companion's explanation and called to him to walk with them, which the sullen boy did.
"You we'e not awound anywhe'e, this mo'ning."
"I had stuff ta do."
"Oh. Do you have many cho'es awound the house? I could ask Papa to fwee you some, so you could spend mo'e time when we go out."
The boy almost stopped breathing. If Master John told his Pa he was to have less chores because… it was best not to even think about it! He suddenly remembered Harold saying Rose had been searching for him and was afraid Pa might have heard about it, too. He heard Rose comment it might be a good idea for his duties to be cleared, at least in the few times James felt well enough in the morning to go out.
Brown eyes suddenly glued to the ground, he shivered as he recalled the last time Pa had seen him in Rose and James's company. His hurt arm seemed to ache even more severely at the thought of what was most probably expecting him that night, just because he hadn't been seen working in the morning. If anything else were to aggravate his mood even further…
"Huh… Won't Master John be mad ya's playin' wi'me?" He looked down to the grass as he stepped on it, while James laughed and asked why his father should be mad. "Yeah, well… I don't have that many stuff ta do, ya know. So, maybe… maybe there's no need ta say nothin' ta no one."
"Tomowow," the thrilled boy continued, ignoring the other boy's sudden softness, "we can go see how the baby bi'd is doing. You come ea'ly to the house, and I te' Papa you won't do any cho'es in the mo'ning, because you a'e coming with me."
'Maybe his allergies would be worse in the next morning,' the boy hoped gloomily. James seldom left the house in the morning, anyway, because of his allergies, so it would be the most natural thing to happen.
He dragged himself behind James and Rose the next few yards, and the three parted ways at the end of the garden, near the maze. Usually, the boy worked in the garden through the morning, so that he could claim some food for lunch. The rule was for the house hands to receive free meals in the kitchen, as well as the grounds-keeper and the gardener. Field workers who lived outside the grounds had to bring their own meals or pay for it. It was the attempt to earn a good meal that often had the boy down on his knees, working hard all morning long. Besides, there was always a moment of distraction, during lunch time, that allowed him to sneak away with an extra loaf of bread for the evening meal, which he wasn't entitled to since he never gave up on a peaceful nap and some reckless wandering about after lunch.
That day, though, he hadn't been seen plucking away weeds long enough to ask for a meal. Shrugging, he headed for the orchard. He'd just have to settle for apples. He took the long way to avoid the stables. Pa was often around the area, helping with the horses, and he'd rather not find out just yet if he knew he'd been with Rose and James.
Stomach growling painfully, the boy wished he had heeded his Pa's warnings and stayed tending to the garden, as he should had. Because of James, he was going to be hungry all day long. Why couldn't he just stay in the house during the morning, as usual? He recalled how Pa often complained about 'them people in their fancy houses' who knew nothing about their 'life down below', and he was forced to agree neither Rose nor James knew a thing about it. And when his Pa's voice echoed a more seldom complain about 'them robbin' us of every lil' thing we ever think o' keepin'', he found himself mumbling that James had certainly robbed him of his lunch, just then, on account of a stupid chick that was going to die, anyway.
The boy heaved himself over the orchard fence easily, despite his still aching left arm. Standing on the narrow fence board, he grabbed a brightly red apple. Even if James didn't go out in the morning, the thought sprang out of nowhere, he would certainly want to go to the wood in the evening, his usual time to go out, to check on the birds. And then he was bound to find the chicks half starved, and no mama bird to be seen nowhere.
He sat down on the fence board, one leg dangling freely, as he munched the juicy fruit. He could go there, kill the birds and make a mess of the nest. That way, James would think it had been a cat that had eaten them, and wouldn't find out that all the chicks had died because of his stupidity. He finished eating the apple, swallowing inner seeds and everything; then stuffed his pockets, which split the fabric open in some points, and got two apples in his left hand, a third in his right.
Balancing himself along the fence, arms outstretched, he started walking towards the wood near the pond.


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TCAP Schedule O The tests are on March 5,7,12, and 14(10th grade students only). O Test check in is 7:30 a.m. Arrive on time! O Bus Schedule is online at the Coronado Cougar website and in this month's issue of the parent newsletter. O The Inclement Weather Schedule is on the Coronado Cougar website.
TCAP Rooms O In order to know what TCAP room to report to, students need to find their names on the posters which will be hanging from the front display case in Building A on the Friday or Monday before. O You will be testing with your Cougar Connection class/teacher but in a different room.
Nutrition During TCAP O Students should eat a healthy, protein rich breakfast. "Grab and Go" breakfasts will be available in the Cafeteria. Students are welcome to bring their own healthy snacks to their TCAP test. O Drink plenty of water before the test. Remember, our brains are comprised mainly of water. When we are dehydrated, our bodies get sleepy and our brains don't function as well.
Sleep Before TCAP O According to the National Sleep Foundation, teenagers need 8 1/2 to 9 hours of sleep per night for optimal brain and body functioning. Students should plan on sleeping accordingly.
Cell Phones During TCAP O Cell phones are NOT allowed in the TCAP testing rooms; thus, students should plan on leaving their cell phones at home.
Comfort During TCAP O Students will not be allowed to go to their lockers to get their coats; thus, they should plan on dressing for comfort by dressing in layers. Students should wear sweatshirts or sweaters over long sleeve shirts. If they get warm, they can remove an outer layer.
Calculators During TCAP O Because the school has a limited supply of calculators, students should plan on bringing their own calculators for Session 3 on the Math test. O Math test will be Tuesday, March 12.
Reading During TCAP O Students will be allowed to read their own books and magazines after they have completed each section of the TCAP test. As students will not be allowed to go to their lockers, they should plan accordingly and bring those materials to the test with them.
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