What a pleasant week we’ve had. The weather has been tolerable and we just about recovered from our Berlin exertions when our next brace of visitors arrived – sister Sallie and her husband Rod are here for a week on their way to Switzerland. Continue reading “15 June 2014”
15 June 2014 – Amusements
A young couple had a five-year-old son who seemed normal in every way except one. Never in his whole life had he uttered a word. Naturally, the parents took him to speech therapists, child psychologists and psychiatrists, none of whom could explain his condition, let alone teach him to talk. Resigned to the idea that he would be mute all his life, they provided a good home with lots of love.
One morning he came to breakfast as usual and about halfway through, he looked around and said, “The toast is burned.”
Flabbergasted, the parents expressed their amazement and asked, “Why have you never spoken before?”
The child calmly replied, “Well, up to now, everything’s been okay.” Continue reading “15 June 2014 – Amusements”