Written by a third grader, on what his grandparents do.
After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils
how they spent their holiday away from school. One child wrote the
following:
We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma
and Grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house, but Grandpa
got retarded and they moved to Arizona . Now they live in a tin box
and have rocks painted green to look like grass. They ride around
on their bicycles, and wear name tags, because they don't know who
they are anymore. They go to a building called a wreck center, but
they must have got it fixed because it is all okay now, they do
exercises there, but they don't do them very well. There is a
swimming pool too, but they all jump up and down in it with hats
on. At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man
sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes
they sneak out, and go cruising in their golf carts. Nobody there
cooks, they just eat out. And, they eat the same thing every night
- early birds. Some of the people can't get out past the man in
the doll house. The ones who do get out, bring food back to the
wrecked center for pot luck. My Grandma says that Grandpa worked
all his life to earn his retardment and, says I should work hard so
I can be retarded someday too. When I earn my retardment, I want
to be the man in the doll house. Then I will let people out, so
they can visit their grandchildren.
After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils
how they spent their holiday away from school. One child wrote the
following:
We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma
and Grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house, but Grandpa
got retarded and they moved to Arizona . Now they live in a tin box
and have rocks painted green to look like grass. They ride around
on their bicycles, and wear name tags, because they don't know who
they are anymore. They go to a building called a wreck center, but
they must have got it fixed because it is all okay now, they do
exercises there, but they don't do them very well. There is a
swimming pool too, but they all jump up and down in it with hats
on. At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man
sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes
they sneak out, and go cruising in their golf carts. Nobody there
cooks, they just eat out. And, they eat the same thing every night
- early birds. Some of the people can't get out past the man in
the doll house. The ones who do get out, bring food back to the
wrecked center for pot luck. My Grandma says that Grandpa worked
all his life to earn his retardment and, says I should work hard so
I can be retarded someday too. When I earn my retardment, I want
to be the man in the doll house. Then I will let people out, so
they can visit their grandchildren.