From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst
14 January
It doesn’t take much, does it?
I remember walking my two-year-old grandson Kieran to
Starbucks once. Talk about win-win! We heard the birdies sang, we saw Rocky the
big white floppy dog that liked to sniff Kieran’s toes, then we got behind the
Safeway store where we found a few delivery trucks, of course and seven
dumpsters – but there were two garbage trucks as well! Count them: TWO! I never
thought we’d see an actual garbage truck on this elongated Pooh adventure,
never mind two! The first was maneuvering into position as we got close. Then
the driver rolled a dumpster on the two prongs in the front of his truck, and
before we knew it he pushed some buttons, lifted that dumpster, then droped its
load way up high into the top of his truck. Kieran’s eyes were out on stalks
during the whole thing – it was like Christmas in July, and Santa had come with
a whole bag full of toys JUST FOR HIM!
Then the other guy did the same thing with barrels marked
“inedible” from the butcher’s department, and in the process he spilled
something reddish-brown and vaguely moist nearby. As Kieran bent over to pick
it up, I stopped him. “Ickey-poo,” I told him - which, of course quickly became
Kieran’s favorite word.
Like I say, it doesn’t take much, does it?
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