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Dennis Jones is a Jamaican-born international economist, who has lived most of the time in the UK and USA, and latterly in Guinea, west Africa. He moved back to the Caribbean in 2007. This blog contains his observations on life on this small eastern Caribbean island, as well as views on life and issues on a broader landscape, especially the Caribbean and Africa.

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Thursday, April 01, 2010

Look! Up There On The Ceiling

In passing on traditions to a child, it's always worth getting to April 1. "Look! Up there. Just in the corner of the ceiling. Do you see it?" She gazed and stared. "The ears. Look again! A rabbit coming through the ceiling." She looked again. "Yes. I see it!" I told her she was an April Fool and she smiled. Then I gave her a pinch and a punch for the first of the month, and said "No returns." She gave me her Grr face. Moments later, running around naked, she told me she had played a trick on her Mummy. I don't know what it was, but I suspect it was telling her that she was unable to zip up her (invisible) dress. She pinched and punched her mother, but did not say "No returns." So, I gave her a punch and a kick for being so quick. Got to love the start of a new month, and April too.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

a child's innocene is so pure .i still enjoy catching some one of guarded on april 1st.

acox said...

Nice story. Little girl confronts areal life issue. Thanks for sharing it. April 1st is also a fun day for me. Except mine is not so innocent.Like yours better