Book excerpt: All three of these "Worthwhile Family Tales" or stories are loosely based on our real life experiences. But recast in the form of "Tall Tales" for our Grand nephews and nieces and a few other children in our lives. All of their names are used as characters in the stories, but are not of course biographical. Most of the real life experiences occurred to us their Grand uncles and aunts and Grandparents many years ago. It is our hope that these stories will endure in our family as a keepsake from our generation to theirs.