7.15 a.m. in the living-room before school
Big boy: “Why are you crying?”
Little boy: “I didn’t do my housework…”
Big boy: “But is this so bad?”
Little boy: “I’ll get a red point as punishment.”
Big boy: “Well…that’s not this bad.”
Little boy: “I’ve already one red point…”
Big boy: “Well… I already did so many extra exercises.”
Little boy: “But I didn’t. For me it’s bad.”
Big boy: “Come on. You will survive…”
Little boy: “No… I don’t want to go to school.”
Big boy: “Tell your teacher you didn’t have time yesterday.”
Little boy: “But I got this homework a week ago.”
Big boy: “Okay… then you have to put up with a red point.”
Little boy: “…and I didn’t learn my dictation.”
Big boy: “Well… Shall I tell you how I do?”
“Every free minute, during the break or
whenever I’ve to wait for something,
I look at the sentences.
And I try to memorize them.”
Little boy: “But I didn’t copy it at all.”
Big boy: “You’ve got still half hour before school starts.”
Little boy: “Oh…. (still sobbing).”
Big boy: “Come on. You’ll manage this.”
Little boy: “Okay… (starts writing).”
Big boy: “You see… it’s not that bad…!”