Here is yet another episode from the continuing Chronicles of Watchman’s Kids. This time, it’s Part III: Sandbox Mayhem!
Being the incredible father that I am, I decide to take my little girls to the park yesterday afternoon. After burning their Dad out on constant swing pushing, the Three Musketeers (I have three daughters if you haven’t been following the stories) head over to a large sandbox where a couple of boys around the age of six or seven are playing.
As those of you with kids know, it’s only a matter of time until seperate groups of kids playing in the same sand box begin to fued over territory and toys. This time was no exception.
My four-year-old (the infamous “Scooter Jacker”) had aquired herself a plastic shovel and was busily constructing herself a large mound type structure. One of the boys decided he needed the shovel she was using and, since she was obviously smaller, went ahead and snatched it from her.
This incident, of course, prompted a short scuffle wherein my four-year-old attempted to reaquire her shovel. As I started to come over to tell my girl just to let it go, the boy hauls off and punches her in the eye!
Frozen in shock at the audacity of the attack, I stand there while my four-year-old unleashes a blood-curdling scream and begins a berserker chain-punching flurry that chases the boy half-way across the sandbox until he trips over another kid and flattens out on his back.
Right about this time I unfreeze and get to my daughter as she’s about to finish the boy off with a Silva style stomp to his head, and pull her up into my arms.
The boy gets up and starts crying as his parents rush over from the sidelines to brush the sand off his clothes.
His mom, after assuring that her boy is not too damaged, looks at me and says, “I’m sorry that happened!”
Me: “It’s no big deal. I think my girl got the better of him.”
Boy’s Dad: “You might want to think about teaching your girl some control.”
Me: “You might want to teach that turd you call a kid to learn how to act like a human being.”
With that said, I gather up my kids and take them out for ice cream.
Once again, Wing Chun is proven effective.
IXIJoe KaveyIXI
