Thursday, March 7, 2013

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Boy

Wash the car on Saturday and vacuum it on Sunday. This is after you have gone to service. Do not sing the songs that you learned at the corral on the way to services. Go to school during the week unless it’s summer than mow the lawn and rake the grass. Then in the evenings water the lawn. On Tuesday, wash the outside of the windows and sweep the sidewalks and make sure you wear a hat you do not what to get a sunburn or cancer.  Then clean your room and take your clothes to the laundry room and hide your magazines, you know how mom is about those magazines. On Wednesday, chop and stack the fire wood so that by winter we will have enough for the winter then sweep and clean up the mess and do not break the handle in the axe. Thursday, help mom in the morning hoe the garden and water the flowers, check on the cattle, the chickens and make sure the feeders are full. They have water to drink and do not lick the salt lick you do not know where the cows mouth has been. Friday, work the sale at the corral and stay away from the men you drink too much and fight with each other, always remember to be nice to the ladies and greet them with respect.  Remember Friday night is bath night, so try to get there early the water the cleanest then. Go the dance on Friday night but stay away from the forward girls and the girls you don’t like and do not get in fights over those forward girls. If you are going to smoke make it cigars and do it outside so mom doesn’t smell it on your clothes.  Do not drink too much, you have work to do on Saturday. Remember the golden rule everything you do is a representation of the family name so keep your word don’t shirks your responsibilities and respect your elders.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Greg, I really enjoyed this, great job.

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  2. I appreciate the hints to a rural setting (farming or ranching), and it seems like the setting isn't contemporary. It has a "Little House on the Prairie" feel to it, as it speaks of a setup wherein they don't have our contemporary shower setup and have to share conserve bath water.

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