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Father
When
I was:
Four
years old: My daddy can do anything.
Five
years old: My daddy knows a whole lot.
Six
years old: My dad is smarter than your dad.
Eight
years old: My dad doesn't know exactly everything.
Ten
years old: In the olden days, when my dad grew up, things were sure different.
Twelve
years old: Oh, well, naturally, Dad doesn't know anything about that. He
is too old to remember his childhood.
Fourteen
years old: Don't pay any attention to my dad. He is so old-fashioned.
Twenty-one
years old: Him? My Lord, he's hopelessly out of date.
Twenty-five
years old: Dad knows about it, but then he should, because he has been
around so long.
Thirty
years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks. After all, he's had
a lot of experience.
Thirty-five
years old: I'm not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.
Forty
years old: I wonder how Dad would have handled it. He was so wise.
Fifty
years old: I'd give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk this
over with him. Too bad I didn't appreciate how smart he was. I could have
learned a lot from him.
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