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    The Sparrow, the Frog, and the Spider
    The Sparrow, the Frog, and the Spider
    The Sparrow, the Frog, and the Spider
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    The Sparrow, the Frog, and the Spider

    By Elias P. Stergakos

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    Once upon a time, there was an energetic little sparrow, a small, greenish-grayish frog, and a big black spider. Each one of them lived in its own world and did not have contact with each other until natures forces brought them together one autumn afternoon.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateSep 30, 2014
    ISBN9781499066265
    The Sparrow, the Frog, and the Spider
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    Elias P. Stergakos

    Elias P. Stergakos Was born in Potamia, a small village south of Sparta, in 1942 during the middle of the Second World War and when Greece was under the German and Italian occupation. He lived there all his childhood except during one year where he attended the first year of gymnasium in Athens. In May of 1956 he and his younger brother crossed as immigrants the Atlantic on a ship to join his father and three other brothers in the USA. It was in the United States where he attended and finished high school. He continued his education and got his undergraduate degree in physics, his Masters in high energy physics and PhD in nuclear science and engineering; all within eight years. He worked in the private industry where he climb the administrative ladder within the companies for which he worked. He is presently retired and spends most of his time on the hobby of his life which is reading and writing and also traveling mainly to archeological places.

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      The Sparrow, the Frog, and the Spider - Elias P. Stergakos

      Copyright © 2014 by Elias P. Stergakos. 636790

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014915334

      ISBN:   Softcover     978-1-4990-6625-8

                   Hardcover   978-1-4990-6627-2

         EBook         978-1-4990-6626-5

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Rev. date: 09/30/2014

      Xlibris LLC

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      This book is

      dedicated to my two grandchildren,

      Eleonora and Elias, and to any future ones that I hope I will have.

      Once upon a time, there was an energetic little sparrow, a small, greenish-grayish frog, and a big black spider. Each one of them lived in its own world and did not have contact with each other until nature’s forces brought them together one autumn afternoon.

      The energetic sparrow was a free spirit but also a very observant little bird. It played with the few other sparrows that were around, but it also took time to be alone to investigate its environment. Most of the time, however, it searched for food. It woke up early in the morning

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