RETARDED GRANDPARENTS

           *After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they *

           *spent their holiday away from school. *

           *One child wrote the following: *

           *We  always used to spend the Christmas holidays with
           Grandma and Grandpa. *

           *They  used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got
           retarded and they moved to Batemans Bay where everyone lives
           in nice little houses, and so they don't have to mow the
           grass anymore! *

           *They ride around on their bicycles and scooters and wear
           name tags because they don't know who they are anymore. *

           *They  go to a building called a wreck centre, but they must
           have got it fixed because it is all okay now. They do
           exercises there, but they don't do them very well. *

           *There is a swimming pool too, but they all jump up and down
           in it with hats on. *

           *At  their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man
           sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape.
           Sometimes they sneak out, and go cruising in their golf carts! *

           *Nobody there cooks, they just eat out. *

           *And, they eat the same thing every night --- early birds. *

           *Some of the people can't get out past the man in the doll
           house. *

           *The  ones who do get out, bring food back to the wrecked
           center for pot luck. *

           *My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all his life to earn
           his retardment and says I should work hard so I can be
           retarded someday too. *

           *When I earn my retardment, I want to be the man in the doll
           house. *

           *Then I will let people out, so they can visit their
           grandchildren. *

           *PRICELESS! *

(thank you, Elaine L)