Marty was proud of his...
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Marty was proud of his new home. He had worked closely with a landscape architect and had already prepared the ground for planting. He had spent hours tilling and raking the lawn area when the heavy rains came. At the conclusion of the thunderstorm, his land looked like a muddy lakebed. Disappointed, but determined, he went to work the next day already rehearsing a cleanup plan in his mind.
However, he was not prepared for what he saw when he pulled into his driveway at the end of his workday. His lawn was filled with ankle deep footprints and bicycle tracks. His own children had not been able to resist the temptation to play in the biggest mud puddle they had ever seen.
When he gathered them together for an after-supper "talk" in the garage, he began his monologue saying, "I could possibly understand your behavior if none of you had a sliver of a brain in your head. But since there used to be evidence that you can think for yourselves, I can't even begin to figure out if and what you were thinking. I do know that you have earned the privilege of being grounded while you help me smooth out every foot hole and tire track in this beautiful mudhole of ours."
--Thompson
However, he was not prepared for what he saw when he pulled into his driveway at the end of his workday. His lawn was filled with ankle deep footprints and bicycle tracks. His own children had not been able to resist the temptation to play in the biggest mud puddle they had ever seen.
When he gathered them together for an after-supper "talk" in the garage, he began his monologue saying, "I could possibly understand your behavior if none of you had a sliver of a brain in your head. But since there used to be evidence that you can think for yourselves, I can't even begin to figure out if and what you were thinking. I do know that you have earned the privilege of being grounded while you help me smooth out every foot hole and tire track in this beautiful mudhole of ours."
--Thompson
