He checks all the food supplies in the house but there is not much because shopping day was tomorrow. ... A bored voice answered; someone who could not care less and just wanted to get home after a tedious day at work. ... On the way home he meets Farmer Trigg and asks him to drop Jill off at home as she is getting very frightened of the birds. ... On the way home after sending Jill with Mr. ... It was the gannet that had been following Nat all the way home. ...

• Word Count: 4405
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

He checks all the food supplies in the house but there is not much because shopping day was tomorrow. ... A bored voice answered; someone who could not care less and just wanted to get home after a tedious day at work. ... On the way home he meets Farmer Trigg and asks him to drop Jill off at home as she is getting very frightened of the birds. ... On the way home after sending Jill with Mr. ... It was the gannet that had been following Nat all the way home. ...

• Word Count: 4431
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

The first publication of the short story "Cathedral" was in the March, 1981, issue of Atlantic Monthly. It was selected to appear in "The Best American Short Stories, 1982," and became the title story in the 1983 collection, Cathedral. This volume was very well-received by critics and readers alike...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School