Retarded Grandparents

"Retarded Grandparents"
(Retirement in the eyes of a child)

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 condo and have rocks painted
green to look like grass. They ride around on their
golf cart and wear name tags because they don't
know who they are anymore.

They go to a building called a wrecked center, but
they must have got it fixed because it is all okay
now. They play games and do exercises there, but
they don't do them very well. There is a swimming
pool too, but they all jump in with their hats on while
they talk to each other. I guess they don't know how
to swim.

At their gate, there is a dollhouse with a little old man
sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape.
Sometimes they sneak out. They 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
dollhouse. The ones who do get out, bring food
back to the wrecked center and call it 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 dollhouse.
Then I will let people out so they can visit their
grandchildren!!!
Received on Mon Feb 28 09:55:10 2005