Anamul stor
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Ryan York
I helped her drag out a table, and off she went, lugging 8 stuffed animals behind her, into the ridiculously hot 3 pm Texas afternoon.
Five minutes later, she walked back in the house carrying her animals, lower lip dragging on the floor.
"What happened?" I asked.
"No one came. Stupid stuffed animals."
What a relief to see the amazing job I've done of instilling in her the virtues of impatience and blame. We wouldn't want her to be too well-developed, now would we? Got to give the other kids a chance and all that.
Even more encouraging was the conversation we had earlier this morning. Ryan had seen a mosquito and mentioned wanting to shoot all the mosquitos with a gun.
"That's a bit much, huh? Guns aren't funny. They take people's lives, and who's in charge of ending people's lives? "
"You?"
And don't you forget it....
Ryan York
I helped her drag out a table, and off she went, lugging 8 stuffed animals behind her, into the ridiculously hot 3 pm Texas afternoon.
Five minutes later, she walked back in the house carrying her animals, lower lip dragging on the floor.
"What happened?" I asked.
"No one came. Stupid stuffed animals."
What a relief to see the amazing job I've done of instilling in her the virtues of impatience and blame. We wouldn't want her to be too well-developed, now would we? Got to give the other kids a chance and all that.
Even more encouraging was the conversation we had earlier this morning. Ryan had seen a mosquito and mentioned wanting to shoot all the mosquitos with a gun.
"That's a bit much, huh? Guns aren't funny. They take people's lives, and who's in charge of ending people's lives? "
"You?"
And don't you forget it....
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