Show PAUL HAD HIS OWN IDEA fathers father s explanation of lightning not satisfactory to him little paul was four years old when the western city in which he lived was swept one night by a terrible storm wind thunder and lightning played havoc and while other members of the family were huddled in dark cor car nera paul watched the illumination of the sky with great delight the next morning at breakfast he asked his father what caused the streaks of fire across the sky and his father with great pains essayed to explain paul listened attentively and apparently accepted what was told him but when he found attention diverted from him self he leaned over to his aunt who sat beside him and whispered it gasn wasn t that auntie it was god scratching matches on the sky |