Please, Sir, Can You Spare a Crust of Bread?
Chez Five packed up and moved to a different house. It’s bigger, newer, has less yard work, and the kids didn’t have to change schools. All in all, a good move.
Boy 5 and Girl 3 have been out exploring the neighborhood, meeting the neighbors by…begging for food!
They were out playing last Saturday, taking advantage of a brief break in the winter weather. After a while, Boy 5 came in and asked Her Hotness, “Can we go ask ouw naybows fo’ a tweat?”
Oh, no, Her Hotness explained after some clarification. “We never, ever go knock on our neighbors’ doors and ask them for food.”
At that moment, Girl 3 walks in with a cookie in her hand, her mouth happily full.
Her Hotness: “Where did you get that cookie?”
Boy 5 piped up. “Fwom da naybows.” The poor little orphans had walked over to our neighbors’ house, who we haven’t met yet, knocked on the door, and asked for something to eat!
Her Hotness was mortified. “You mean you already did it??” (Boy 5 has already learned that it’s easier to get forgiveness than permission.) “Oh, no,” she admonished. “Never, EVER ask for food at somebody’s house!”
“But Mom,” he said, “we wo hungwy.”
Oh, of course. Well that’s all right, then. Next time, why not just tell them you don’t have any food in your house and your mom and dad are home cooking grass? Come to think of it, Girl 3 probably wasn’t wearing shoes as we can’t get her to keep them on. They probably looked genuinely needy.
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:35 am
lol. This will probably become a bonding event between you and your naybows…
April 3rd, 2009 at 4:53 pm
hahaha… you know? shouldn’t kids not eat food offered by strangers though? i worry they put “weird stuff” in the food… besides allergens, food sensitivity, food colorings, artificial ingredients… , i mean the weird stuff that people use to kidnap kids. Congrats on our new house though!!! You must have been quite busy…. hunting for the house, closing the paperwork, and moving…
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I agree, Julia. We’ve told them not to do it anymore. For whatever that is worth.
June 1st, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Where are you sage? Speak!
December 28th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
It could have been worse. They could have turned up on your neighbour’s doorstep asking for food, & answering “Where’s your Mom & Dad?” with “I dunno”…
It’s been too long since I was back! Glad you’re still kicking, Joe.