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A STORY MY FATHER TOLD TO ME IN A DREAM(journal #9)
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CHILDREN'S STORY RHYMES tell me the story of the seal and her ball
you mean the bright pink one with the tassles and all
the seal had pink tassles?
no, her ball did
I think you're making this up
no, I'm simply repeating a story I was once told
when I was a kid
just a toe headed pup
was it told to you by your mother Daddy?
no, by a slippery old seal named Syd
Was Syd a boy?
no silly Syd was a girl. The seal that could twirl
a ball on her nose
Did she really have a toe for a head?
Where ever did you come up with that?
Why, you said so earlier!
NO puddin, I said when I was a toe headed pup
It was youuuuuuuuuuuu who had a toe for a head?
NO my lovely, toe headed means my hair was blond as a child, nearly white at one time in fact
Daddy, why was your hair white?
Now, wouldn't you rather hear about the seal and her
ball?
you mean the one who could twirl it on her nose and
all?
Yes dear child of mine, that is the one!
Nah, I'd rather hear about the time you had a toe
for a head!
Tell me Daddy, was it fun?
Oh very well tyke, let's see
it all started when I was just a boy not much
younger than yourself on the family farms of
Kentucky.................
( written March 25, 1993 am)
