Hello Flat Stanley ........
My name is
Julie Wysong and I am the owner and manager of
Quarry Critters Alpaca Ranch.
I
first met Flat Stanley in his book. 
I
read it to a group of students in my first grade class. I am also a retired 1st
grade teacher. I hadn't seen Stanley for
a couple of years until I met Grace’s Grandmother at the Amish Market in
Hanover where she works. I knew exactly who he was and why he was there. I was thrilled to bring Stanley on a trip to
my home.
I
read it to a group of students in my first grade class. I am also a retired 1st
grade teacher. I hadn't seen Stanley for
a couple of years until I met Grace’s Grandmother at the Amish Market in
Hanover where she works. I knew exactly who he was and why he was there. I was thrilled to bring Stanley on a trip to
my home. 
Can you see
Stanley on the alpaca? That’s my house in the back ground.
My home and alpaca ranch are located in Adams County
Pennsylvania just outside Gettysburg, PA. Gettysburg is a very important town
in our country. Abraham Lincoln was our
16th President, gave a very important speech there called the Gettysburg Address and his picture is on
every
penny 
and
$5.00 bill. 
socks and clothing.
Stanley went
with me in the tractor down to the barn to help with feeding the alpacas.
First we
stopped at the boy’s barn to say Hi to the boy alpacas. All of our alpacas have
names. They are named after people and
places from Gettysburg. See the white
alpaca in the middle. His name is Tad Lincoln. Tad is named after the son of
President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln. The black alpaca to
Tad’s right is Pickett. Pickett is named after Maj. Gen. George Pickett, a confederate general that lead an army into battle
during the Civil War in Gettysburg.
Moving on to the girl’s barn Stanley meets Penelope. She
loves to give kisses to almost everyone that she meets and Stanley is no
exception. See Stanley getting a kiss?
And
another kiss.
OK, see the
light brown alpaca? We call that color “Medium Fawn”. Did you know that alpacas come in 22
different colors?
Stanley is
standing between 2 girls that will be 2 years old this summer (2013). Oh, the light brown alpaca is named Ivy Thicket. Here’s her story….
From the
Civil War times in Gettysburg there was a brother and sister. They were both
soldiers. Back in the year 1861 girls weren't allowed to be soldiers but
believe me there were lots of girl soldiers. One day her brother decided he didn't want to be a soldier any more so he went out and rolled in the “Ivy
Thicket” and got poison ivy. I’m not
sure if they really knew what was wrong with the soldier so they let him go
home. When his sister found out that her brother had gone home, she told them that
she was a girl and they sent her home too!
I thought it
to be an interesting story of old, so I named my alpaca Ivy Thicket to help me
remember this civil war story. Now you
know that could never happen today.
Alpacas eat hay.
This is my
husband David Wysong. He also works on the ranch. David works the fields and
makes tasty grass for the alpacas. He was so happy to meet Stanley that he had
to call his friend to tell him about Stanley’s visit to our ranch.
Well I hope
that you enjoyed our visit. I trust that Stanley made it back to Grace safe and
sound and I wish I could be there to hear all of Stanley’s adventures along
with you.
Good bye
A post of
this story along with video of Stanley with the alpacas can be seen at
JuliesAlpacas.com
Please write
to me JuliesAlpacas@gmail.com and let me know what you think.
