Light Notes
WHAT IS A GRANDPARENT?
(taken from papers written
by a class of 8-year-olds)
- Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of their own. They like other people’s.
- Grandparents don’t have to do anything except be there when we come to see them. They are so old they shouldn’t play hard or run. It is good if they drive us to the store and have lots of quarters for us.
- When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars.
- They show us and talk to us about the color of the flowers and also why we shouldn’t step on “cracks.”
- When they read to us, they don’t skip. They don’t mind if we ask for the same story over again.
- Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don’t have television, because they are the only grown ups who like to spend time with us.
- They know we should have snack-time before bedtime and they say prayers with us every time, and kiss us even when we’ve acted bad.
An invisible man married an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.
Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married.
The ceremony wasn’t much, but the reception was excellent.
