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Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
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So. El Monte, California

0 posted 2008-03-06 03:17 AM


Dad's on the warpath
(nothing new)
I am up in the treehouse
safe from his rath.
He doesn't know I'm here,
I'm very quiet,
I laugh at fear.
I hear him getting madder
but I don't care
He's too big to climb the ladder.
Ha, ha.
                          Ida Werrett

© Copyright 2008 Ida Werrett - All Rights Reserved
JamesMichael
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1 posted 2008-03-06 04:21 AM


Nice...James
KeyLimeSorbet
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since 2008-03-05
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2 posted 2008-03-06 09:19 AM


This has comletely made my day, this is why:
For the past couple of days my dad has been avoiding me, and the more he aviods me, the madder i think he is, so i in turn avoid him!!
lol, but the ha ha at the end gave me such a laugh thinking back to my childish thoughts!
:-)

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25
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3 posted 2008-03-06 09:26 AM


Ida,

Just hang up there kid.  Dad will get over it in time.

Bobby

Earth Angel
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4 posted 2008-03-06 09:27 AM


Gosh! I wish that I had had a tree house! Mind you, my Dad was 6'5". He may not have fitted in the tree house ~ but he would have been as tall  as the tree!

Charming write, Dear Ida!

Loving hug 'n a smile,
Linda

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
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So. El Monte, California
5 posted 2008-03-06 11:53 AM


Thank you all for your comments.
Linda, We just happened to rent a house that had an old tree house in a large
tree (pretty high up) Good hiding place.
                                     Ida

LadyTom
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since 2008-02-29
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6 posted 2008-03-06 11:59 AM


Make me laugh. You must have done something naughty.   Love this one.  
effjayel
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since 2007-09-30
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At the Crossroads of Infinity
7 posted 2008-03-06 12:24 PM


Ida, this brought back memories of when I was a kid, forty too many years ago. The house we lived in had a single story out building ( called a wash house) that was divided into 3. One room stored the coal, one had a toilet in it & the other was where the washing used to be done. When my brother & I got my Dad mad, we would climb the tree beside it & crawl along a branch to get on the roof and tease him...then we had to come down and face him. He never raised ahand to us, only his voice & that was enough to make us tremble ! I often think how life has improved when I smell barbecues here in the summer. In the old days we used to go outside to the bathroom & eat in the house...   enjoyed this, thanks   John
jwesley
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Spring, Texas
8 posted 2008-03-06 12:33 PM


(lol) Crazy and wonderful!

jimmy

Margherita
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9 posted 2008-03-06 02:14 PM


A great one, dear Ida!!
Smart little girl!

Love.
Margherita

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
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So. El Monte, California
10 posted 2008-03-06 03:27 PM


John-I remember those days.
My Dad had a fierce Irish temper and a wicked sense of humor. The problem was you never knew whiich one was going to surface at any given time. When the temper came out your best options were quiet and absent. I became very good at finding hiding places.

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