Is Your Husband a Has-Been?
First grade journals are a gold mine of delight. There’s something about the contrast between effort-laden printing and freewheeling thoughts that create humor. Add a few drawings and we have a similar level of effortlessness in kids’ writing as exists in boys’ soprano voices.
And then puberty comes. And ruins everything.
I digress.
One cold wintry January day in her desk at school, AM wrote in her first grade journal about the events of the previous day. Here’s what she wrote:
TRANSCRIPTION: Last night my neighbour came over with her dog. His name is Scruffy. He’s cute. He even licked us. He is brown and fluffy. Our neighbour’s name is Caylen. She has two sons and a husband (has been!) named Les. The end.
Whether it’s husband, hasbin, or has-been, AM is a girl who learns quickly.
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Posted on May 11, 2011, in Diaries and Journals, Views of Adults and tagged Chase McFadden, Has Beens, Husbands, Leanne Shirtliffe, Stuff Kids Write, Stuffkidswrite.com. Bookmark the permalink. 10 Comments.
As a “has been,” I can fully appreciate this.
The End
If you aren’t already a has been, you’re destined to become one. At least grammatically.
Poor Caylen…at least she has Scruffy…
Wendy
Indeed. 🙂
Oh, how funny! I know my husband definitely feels like a “has been” more often than not these days, bless his heart. Thanks for sharing this, Leanne.
I suspect mine feels that way too.
I have to tell you, I read this quickly (initially without the translation) and I thought the joke was going to be that the dog “leckt as” — which I read as “licked ass”.
What is wrong with me?
I am so sorry, AM. 😉
Oh, Renee, you make me laugh.
And that is good.
I love that it finishes ‘The End’ 🙂
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