He Opens He's Eyes and He Closes He's Eyes
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We were sitting out in the visiting room, my entire family of 7, waiting for my grandma to come out from her room. I began pulling the puppet’s string, causing the pre-recorded phrases to ring loudly. My mother stopped me with the usual explanatory phrases, “This is a hospital; we have to be quiet; people are trying to rest…” And so on.
Then my grandma came out. Seeing me with my puppet, she was thrilled, and began pulling its string.
“Hee hee hee HAAAA-Hooo!” the puppet screamed, echoing around the visiting room and through the halls of the hospital. My mother was mortified, and began to admonish her own mother.
“What’s the big idea, Buster?” the puppet yelled, as my grandma, ignoring my mom’s embarrassed and horrified countenance, continued pulling the string. “Timberrrrr! Time for lunch!”
Grandma was having the time of her life, and possibly for the LAST time in her life. Can’t take Grandma anyplace nice – maybe that’s why we were here. Maybe she was in her second or third childhood. In any case, she was cheered up at a gloomy time, and possibly created some laughs for surrounding patients, interrupting their somber moods for awhile. Or maybe she annoyed them. Hard to say which reaction she was hoping for – or got.
From: “Grandma Meets Woody Woodpecker”
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Detailed in this book are the incidents which are often filed in a child’s mind, unknown to the adults around them. Mostly, these are the misunderstandings of things a kid sees or hears, often taken literally, and mulled over in their heads for years; either until the kid brings it up and has it explained to him, or gets older and figures it out on his own. And in many cases, the adults who were originally involved don’t find out about the kid’s confusion for years to come.
Adults often do have their own ways of wording things, and most often, don’t realize that a completely different picture is forming in their child’s brain, many times an impossible scene. I call these scenes “Kiddie Perceptions”.
And, also, there are the times when an adult will take on the characteristics of a kid, and just act silly for the thrill of it. This is another form of a Kiddie Perception, often referred to as a “second childhood”.
Added to this are the times when an adult tries something, hoping for the easy way out of a situation, when they should know better. It always has a way of catching up to them, though.
All of these types of Kiddie Perceptions are laid out for you to see inside. And all of the enclosed Kiddie Perceptions are true. Don’t try this at home unless you’re a kid, or don’t know any better.
About the Author
Female, age 47, has lived in
Spends her time writing, house sitting for silly but mostly friendly animals, working on craft projects and checking out ebay for items containing pictures of fruit and vegetables.
All of the enclosed Kiddie Perceptions are true. Don’t try this at home unless you’re a kid, or don’t know any better.