GRANDPARENTS

GRANDPARENTS

Excerpts from papers written by second graders.



Grandparents are a lady and a man that have no children of their own. They like other people’s.

A grandfather is a man grandmother.

Grandparents don’t have to do anything but be there when we come to see them. They are so old that they shouldn’t play hard or run.

When they take you for a walk they slow down by things that are pretty like leaves and caterpillars.

They don’t say, “Hurry up!”

Grandmothers are fat but not too fat to tie your shoe.

They wear glasses and funny underwear.

They take their teeth and gums out.

Grandparents don’t have to be smart.

When they read to us, they don’t skip. They don’t mind if we ask for the same story over again.

Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don’t have television because they are the only grown-ups who like to spend time with us.

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A six year old was asked where his grandma lived. He said, “Oh, she lives at the airport and when we want her we just go get her. Then, when we are done having her visit, we take her back to the airport.”