Snips and Bits from the Last Week

Sam: Whistling, Kids Screaming

When we got on the train and the whistle started, kids screamed and it broke my eardrums!

C: Today, Mom got me a glider and two parts of the front broke, but I fixed it with tape, and it’s a good toy.

It was my job to do the drawbridge on the canal, and my job to pull the ropes. I ran ahead with the drawbridge turn device, and there was an old valve that I decided to crank, and BAD IDEA. As soon as I did, Dad blew his head off. He said it probably diverted water down the hill from the canal. Dad tried to turn it back in place.

Sam: As we were riding, we passed mom and dad duck with 10 or 11 little ducklings. They were brown, black and brown with blue. Then later when we stopped, we saw the Dad and I opened the window and saw them outside and Mom actually picked one up. When they jumped up to get bread you’d think their beaks would bit and pull, but it didn’t, it was just like opening your hand and doing the jabbering sign and it felt the same.