Afternoon of the Gosling — Marlys Huffman

Pretty Cerise Thayer was a minister's daughter, and she like doing good, useful things. She enjoyed killing little animals and sending them to heaven. She like lighting matches and starting beautiful fires. And she was sure that heaven was rewarding her--why, all she had to do was pray, and she could get anything she wanted. She could make it so that her best friend wouldn't be mean to her--ever again.

And she could fix things so that her screechy little sister would stop pestering her--for good. It was so easy. Trouble was, nobody would believe her when she told them how special and blessed she was. So now she was just going to have to show them...