Life Lessons from a Ten-Year-Old (now 16-year-old!)
Well, I was in the car the other day (year), taking my kids over to Borders to buy some books. My son asked me if we could listen to the Dubliners – and of course it pleases me to no end that he has taken an interest in traditional Irish music. I played the disc for him, and he had some trouble understanding the words, as he has not grown up around Irish accents the way I did. Particularly, he asked about a song called “Black Velvet Band.” He wanted to know what the song was about, and I told him: a young man who meets a beautiful woman, takes a walk with her, whereupon she picks the pocket of another gentleman, gives our hero the watch she boosted, and allows the young man to take the fall.
My son naturally asked me why the protagonist allowed this to happen. I explained that he was so likely captivated with the beauty of the pretty colleen that he couldn’t help himself.
My 10 year old son’s reply:
“That was stupid.”
Here endeth the lesson.
