title: Weaving with Yarn and Beads...Together!
author: Rebecca L. Smith
description: Rebecca L. Smith is an accomplished tapestry weaver and teacher who enjoys turning people into weavers.
zlib_text: The Hidden Valley of Oz
  by Rachel R. Cosgrove
  Chapter 1
  Jam Builds a Collapsible Kite
  THE Collapsible Kite was almost completed. The
  little boy laboriously spelled out the final direc-
  tions from the magazine that lay propped open, a
  small stone on either side to keep the breeze from
  disturbing the pages.
  "Make a tail," he read, "ty-ing to-geth-er pieces of
  cloth."
  Leaving the kite on the ground, he raced down the
  slope, slid under the fence, and hurried to the house.
  "Mother, mother," he called in his shrill little voice.
  "Mother, may I have some pieces of cloth?"
  His mother appeared at the kitchen door. She had
  been cleaning the house, and her hair was tied up in
  a scarf. She held a mop in her hand.
  "What kind of cloth, Jam?" she asked her son. Jam
  was really only his nickname. His full name was
  Jonathan Andrew Manley, so his initials spelled
  "The directions said to use pieces of cloth to make
  a tail," he explained.
  His mother looked puzzled. "A tail for what?" she
  inquired.
  "For my 