"Who else has a cute grandmother story?" (#34; Topic D)

Another favorite carton of mine, in addition to Dennis the Menace (#31), is The Family Circle. Today's panel shows a smiling Billy, returning to his seat after being complimented by his teacher for telling a grandma story before his peers: "Very good, Billy. Now who else has a cute grandmother story?" I have one. At our daughter's and son-in-law's house over the holidays, a Christmas gift my wife received, from her grandchildren, was a box containing a book on Origami (an ancient paper-folding and -cutting exercise for children, originated in China but is better known by its Japanese name) and an assortment of colored papers for folding them into animals and the like. One afternoon, my wife taught her how to do them; both had a good time. And little Veronika's interest and undivided attention impressed me. In a class in the new year, her kindergarten teacher taught Origami. After she finished, Veronika raised her hand and then said: "My po-po [= grandma in Chinese] taught me to fold from corner to corner." And the teacher responded: "Very good, Veronika." This made her happy; she told the story to her mother, which made her mother happy; in turn, it made her po-po happy.
Posted 11:31 am, Monday, January 16, 2006