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PatB
A lovely story, you were great parents and did a fine job obviously.
posted by
WileyJohn
on August 18, 2012 at 7:21 PM
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good for you....your children understood the value of life even if just of a duck at an early age....so many nowadays even as an adult do not
posted by
Annicita
on August 18, 2012 at 1:53 PM
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what a great read and what a great way yout fassmily handled the
situation. I bet everyone enjoyed the special meal together as well.
posted by
Kabu
on August 18, 2012 at 12:02 PM
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A fitting punishment I wonder what that little duck vandal grew up to be . I suppose this was one of the good times in your life when you could all bond together in a worthy cause.
posted by
C_C_T
on August 18, 2012 at 11:27 AM
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PatB
Isn’t it strange how words and stories can at times trigger associations. Reading this post evoked two totally unrelated images: “A punishment to fit the crime. trala, a punishment to fit the crime.” – from Gilbert & Sullivan’s musical The Mikado.
Almost at the same time, I was thrown back a good many years to a scene in George Bernard Shaw’s play Saint Joan, in which she is being interrogated by the judges and she keeps interrupting the proceedings, jumping to her feet and refusing to sit down when repeatedly she is orered to do so.. The exasperated judges confer about what the appropriate punishment should be for her refusal to sit. Eventually the verdict is announced: “If you refuse to sit down your punishment will be that you will have to stand.”
Fine story, Pat. - Pannonian
posted by
Pannonian
on August 18, 2012 at 9:53 AM
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Exactly! Handled beautifully! And told in a way that makes it an enjoyable read!
posted by
adnohr
on August 18, 2012 at 8:55 AM
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