"Lindsey"
Our grandchildren are all so smart and creative!
When our granddaughter Lindsey was eight years old she decided to write a short story about crabby parents. She dictated the words to me and I typed it for her. She dictated the following:
DEADLY DISEASE
by Lindsey Allen
WARNING: This disease is contagious.
NEW DISEASE: Grouchineosis.
CURE: Stay home and go to sleep.
HOW TO AVOID: Do not get near the people with this disease.
IF CAUGHT YOU MUST CALL THE MANNERS POLICE AT 555-MANNERS. That is 555-626-6377.
APPROACH AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Unfortunately, Gramps and I also have Grouchineosis on occasion. Lindsey is right, it's catching.
I determined at the time when she wrote that brilliant essay that I would always take her advice, taking the cure by staying home and going to bed because I don't want to spread Grouchineosis around to other people when I have it.. It's toxic!
Maybe the medical community can make an inoculation for it and we won't have crabby parents and emotionally wounded kids anymore. And maybe we really should have manners policemen to watch for parents with Grouchineosis. They could give tickets and assess fines. Then our towns wouldn't have financial difficulties because grouchy parents would fill the coffers with their fines.
Grouchy parents, count to ten and then go to bed and sleep it off.
When our granddaughter Lindsey was eight years old she decided to write a short story about crabby parents. She dictated the words to me and I typed it for her. She dictated the following:
DEADLY DISEASE
by Lindsey Allen
WARNING: This disease is contagious.
NEW DISEASE: Grouchineosis.
CURE: Stay home and go to sleep.
HOW TO AVOID: Do not get near the people with this disease.
IF CAUGHT YOU MUST CALL THE MANNERS POLICE AT 555-MANNERS. That is 555-626-6377.
APPROACH AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Unfortunately, Gramps and I also have Grouchineosis on occasion. Lindsey is right, it's catching.
I determined at the time when she wrote that brilliant essay that I would always take her advice, taking the cure by staying home and going to bed because I don't want to spread Grouchineosis around to other people when I have it.. It's toxic!
Maybe the medical community can make an inoculation for it and we won't have crabby parents and emotionally wounded kids anymore. And maybe we really should have manners policemen to watch for parents with Grouchineosis. They could give tickets and assess fines. Then our towns wouldn't have financial difficulties because grouchy parents would fill the coffers with their fines.
Grouchy parents, count to ten and then go to bed and sleep it off.
