Who steals the missing socks? The Sock Goblin, of course! He lives on the hot water pipe under the laundry room, and he never, ever takes a matching pair.
It's easy pickings until the tall boy leaves for some place called "college." Is it going to be a threadbare winter, or does the arrival of a stranger promise better times to come?
Rose Arrowsmith is a storyteller, actor, and author of the middle grade novel, "The Marvelous Imagination of Katie Addams." She relies on wool socks to stay warm during Northern Minnesota winters. Find more stories at www.rosearrowsmith.com
Kari Vick is a painter and printmaker. She has illustrated "Seven Ways to Trick a Troll," by Lise Lunge-Larsen (U of M Press), and "I Know You're Here," by Krista Betcher (Beaver's Pond Press). She is now contemplating a career in sock design. Find her art at www.karivick.com