A Tale of Two Boys

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644775678657081383.post-29773346128728409782008-04-29T13:59:00.004-06:002008-04-29T14:10:00.660-06:00A Tale of Two BoysThe collages below were created from the pictures that we have of David and Graham playing soccer. They are a good representation of all of the pictures that we’ve taken at the games. See if you can spot any differences in the way they play the game. <center><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9HlvkU1dLCE/SBd-WKMKHWI/AAAAAAAAApE/uIekF7WENLk/s1600-h/David_Soccer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194759614352727394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9HlvkU1dLCE/SBd-WKMKHWI/AAAAAAAAApE/uIekF7WENLk/s320/David_Soccer.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9HlvkU1dLCE/SBd-W6MKHXI/AAAAAAAAApM/43Eu49BMzm8/s1600-h/Graham_Soccer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194759627237629298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9HlvkU1dLCE/SBd-W6MKHXI/AAAAAAAAApM/43Eu49BMzm8/s320/Graham_Soccer.jpg" border="0" /></a> </center>David, the happy child, is always smiling when he plays. Graham, the angry child, is always upset. David has scored 5 goals in 4 games. Graham has punched a kid, shoved a kid and violently shaken a girl by the shirt, and he’s easily the shortest kid out there. His wrath has generally been reserved for those who have legally taken the ball from him. We’re beginning to think that he might have a future in hockey, as the worlds shortest but meanest enforcer, or maybe boxing. Naturally when my wife and I reviewed all our pictures from the games we decided that it was time to have a little discussion with the boy. I drew the short straw and sat my son down at the computer to look at all the pictures. “Can you point out your face in these pictures?” I asked him. He silently pointed to himself in all the pictures. “Can you tell me what is different about your pictures and your brother’s pictures?” I asked. “He looks angry and I’m smiling.” “That’s right,” I said. “I want you to be more like Graham. We’re not out there to have fun, we’re out there to win at any cost. Just think how many goals you could have scored if you cared about winning as much as your brother does.” “Yes Dad,” David answered. We’ll have to wait and see how things go this Saturday, but for now I think we’ve got this problem licked. I just better not see any smiles this weekend, especially not after last week’s drubbing. In a related note, people often say that Graham looks more like my wife, and David looks more like me. Never has this been more evident than in these photos, and never has it been more likely that I’ll be sleeping on the couch.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4644775678657081383-2977334612872840978?l=www.daddyslittletaxcredits.com'/></div>Vanillahalffastvanilla@gmail.com11