Airing Grievances
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Welcome back from Idaho! Your dad is jealous that I, Curious George, got to go and he did not.
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The Amazing Adventures of Curious George
Part 2, “Airing Grievances” (2 August 2019)
Hi Greenwood Kids,
Curious George here again, and today I’d like to air a very specific grievance I have against your father. He is a decent fellow (mostly because of my training…), but he has a severe flaw. Your dad does not now, nor has he ever, truly understood my greatness!
To be fair, none of the Greenwood boys really understand my greatness. They have mostly just assumed I was a typical stuffed animal to play with. For this I really don’t fault any of them, because obviously that’s what I, the Master of Disguise, have wanted them to think. However, I do fault your dad for not believing my awesomeness when I tried to share it with him plain English.
Let me explain. As your dad got older, I wanted to give him a glimpse of my greatness. I decided the best way to do that was through your Uncle Wayne, so I gave Wayne some insight into my activities. I didn’t share everything, but I let him know that I was involved in some really important activities such as going to school, playing sports, and running large farming operations.
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Uncle Wayne teaching Kelsey how to play the trumpet. Hopefully he also mentioned that I, Curious George, am still a trumpet-playing legend at North Gem High School...
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I then instructed Wayne to use me to demonstrate some of these amazing activities. Wayne walked me around and told your father and Uncle Lyle all about my days at school; how I would carry large books and nimbly climb big stairs despite my small stature. He told how I would play the hero in school plays and how, as football quarterback, I would dart under the legs of other players and expertly pass the ball for game-winning touchdowns. Uncle Wayne shared how I would move pipe, alternately picking up each side of the pipe to move it little by little to the new location. Wayne even shared how I stood on the podium to speak in church to the amazement of all listeners.
These are really some of my lesser accomplishments, but before sharing my most amazing deeds with your father, I needed to see how he would react to the simple ones. Now kids, I hate to tell you this for fear of deflating your esteem for him. But I must be honest and let you know that your dad FAILED the test! Do you know what he and Uncle Lyle did when Uncle Wayne shared these stories? They laughed! Can you believe it? I was so angry… I was deeply hurt… and I was incensed (I think that is a smart way of saying that I was really, really mad).
Now, as incompetent as your Uncle Wayne may be at telling my story, I do not fault him for your dad’s failure to understand. Uncle Wayne spent hours and hours relating my story, demonstrating how my little legs would reach high up to the next step, or how my little hands would carry the largest of my textbooks. He really did an okay job. But your dad and Uncle Lyle laughed… and laughed… and laughed for hours!
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Back when your dad was really cute (before he laughed at my amazing adventures).
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Caleb getting splashed with cold Idaho water in 2015… I think he’s already forgiven his mother for this…:).
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You know that “doo-ta-lee-doo” song your mother taught you that starts out “D and C 64, 9 through 11, therefore I say unto you doo-ta-lee-doo…”? That song was an integral part of my musical therapy routine. I sang that every morning, every evening, and every time during the day or night when I would feel my anger at your father begin to rise. A sin worse than your father’s mocking is almost inconceivable, but I knew I needed to forgive or I would have just that!
I, Curious George, composer extraordinaire, composed the second musical therapy song. It is a masterpiece set to the tune of “Pioneer Children Sang As They Walked” and is the theme song for this week’s blog. It is called “Roger and Lyle Laughed as Wayne Talked”. These are the words:
Roger and Lyle laughed as Wayne talked and talked and talked and talked.
Roger and Lyle laughed as Wayne talked and talked and talked and talked.
Wayne showed how I went to school and played. Some days I starred in the school play.
Week after week, they laughed as Wayne talked and talked and talked and talked.
Hope everyone is having a great week!
NEVER FEAR, I AM HERE!
Curious George, MoD (Master of Disguise)
PS. Your dad sends his deepest love and regards. He is well enough off, just some damaged pride. He needs a little more humility anyway.
PPS. I am getting a little jealous of Mr. Stuffins. He is a decent stuffed animal, but he is rather boring and definitely unable to be compared with me in greatness. So I’d appreciate a little more attention on me, and a little less on him please… (see how I even said that nicely?)
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Can you see how boring Mr. Stuffins is?
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Even with glasses, Mr. Stuffins will never be as smart as me… just sayin’…
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| Can you see that even The Great Kipper couldn’t bring the great happiness that I, Curious George, can bring? |
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