Hi
[How high is it?]
Iâm not exactly sureâhow tall are you?
[Iâm about as tall as Iâll ever beâone day soon, Iâll probably start shrinking. Iâve heard that happens when you get older.]
Well...
[Well, you say? How deep is it?]
Itâs hard to tell, since I never used it for water.
[Deep wells are bestâwhy I still remember the drought of â34 and all the trips we made to the neighborâs well after ours dried up.]
Iâm sure those were quite the days, but how are you today?
[Today? Today I do as I please...so long as Iâm pleased to do as Iâm supposâd to.]
That sounds like a good strategy.
[Thanks. Youâre welcome to adopt itâI wonât even charge you for it.]
How generous of you. Thanks. You have a good day now, ok?
[I hope to, because every day above ground is a good day.]
Inspired by and compiled from conversations with my Grandpa, who lived with my family during my formative years. Heâs the first literalist I ever met and frequently said: âYou talk so much, you talk so much, you worry me to death.â