Trying to Relax When

Just Trying to Relax When

     Calamon kicked off his last shoe. And leaned back in his chair. “All I want to do is relax – and read my newspaper.” And for the next hour that was what Calamon did: Read his newspaper.

     After he was done reading his newspaper he tossed it on the floor right next to the shoe he had just taken off. When it did a small stone fell out of it.

     “Where did I get that stone? And how did it get into my shoe anyway?”

     Suddenly his three sons came into the room. One look at them – and he knew where he got the stone from. He also knew how the stone got into his shoe. His sons were covered in mud. There was even a stone or two within that mud.

     “You guys have been playing at the Construction Site again. The one near the muddy lake. Haven’t you?”

     “Yes, we were at the Construction Site,” said Norriff. “But there weren’t any workers there because of all the rain we have been having the last couple of weeks.”

     Calamon looked at each shoe his sons had one. And they were covered in mud too.

     “You still shouldn’t have been there. It’s too dangerous. Especially after a Rain Storm, said Calamon. “Go to your rooms. I’ll decide on your punishment later.”

     “All except for Norriff. I want to talk to you for a minute.”

     “I know I’m the oldest. And I should have known better,” Norriff said after his two younger brothers left the room.

     “That’s not it. You have been trying on your cloths again, haven’t you?”

     This shocked Norriff. “How did you know that?”

     Calamon picked up his shoe. “I found another stone from the Construction Site you were at yesterday.”

The End?