Precocious Kids

Kids today are pretty smart. When we (a bunch of us grandpas) meet for coffee every morning one of the main subjects of conversation is about our grandkids and the things they said during the week.

Jasper Wheelfarb was telling about little Billy. He and his wife, Malverine, were keeping Billy one morning and Malverine was trying to talk on the phone. The little boy kept interrupting. "Don't you know what privacy is?" said Malverine. "Yes, it's when daddy is in the bathroom," replied Billy.

Wendell Wash told about his four year old granddaughter, Sally Jane. She wants everything done a certain way and will not hesitate to tell how she thinks things should be. Wendell's wife, Barlove, was setting the table for dinner and Sally Jane didn't like the order in which she was spreading the silver so she corrected her grandmother. Barlove said, "Aren't you being a little bossy?" "No, I'm just being observant," said Sally Jane.

I know we weren't half as smart as these kids when we were little.

Tales of Harper, short stories and poems about the fictional town of Harper, Mississippi is available on Amazon Kindle