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Show TOM FOOLER g The impulsive acts of a young man going j $ are beginning to get on the nerves of an old mj Tour thirty-four. 's; Beezie has, in less than a fortnight, bitten ' At Sister's big toe, thrown his new cowboy pistol ' j win Kay's irrigation ditch and his old tractor into Ben & potc' fish pond. In addition he has made two unescoit' bord,' to town to purchase, as he later explained, kii Jl freckles. j ntel In the past we've relied upon The Book (p,erJ Six Years) for counsel about and explanation oft' publ And in the past The Book has always come thrJi iTu something soothing and clinical-like in the Way ,! the answer. ot This time, however, when we turned w,'l 10 0 Section Three, Chapter One, "Your Child From fv Jo' Three Years," we got nothing but gush. i simi "Your adored and precious baby," says flj J sounding like a cross between Gabriel Heater aij Tt Smith, "has left your lap. He's an eager little 1 dist going everywhere, wild for experience and adventured couldn't keep him sheltered if you tried. He's on his ;) tu That we know. 'i uiw But will someone please tell us what the toe - se" episode means. Are we rearing a cannibal? Do? 0UA case warrant a muzzle. Now? Later? f' thu And what does it mean when our eager little rut- US( is so wild for experience and adventure that he thj ant toys in the nearest body of water. Shall we prepaifJ th( for Annapolis? Shall we take his toys away from.! thii Is a submarine the answer? A diving helmet, maybe'1 wh Now we turn to the most serious problem of all ' nis the illicit trips our pride and joy has been making tf era for the purpose of buying kisses. If we are any ju p' appetites of one so young should be satisfied in a " conventenional pastime. But how to turn his feet in- H paths; that is the question. " It's just like The Book says. You couldn't kee; ' V sheltered if you tried. He's on his way! '' " Hey, Beezie, wait for daddy! ! 1 m: |