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an apple red, a my mind the way. K-M-N
ever
...
pleases
me.
h-i-j-k
bright .
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I
the colors are so pretty, I let green tree. E-F-G h-i-j-k let's begin again! a-b-c-d I'm filled with creativity. E-F-G care 'bout this sunny day! ...
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no one
...
show
1 do what
only
a
kid. Electric trains and
Crayola Crayons Being ing punch cula.
tunes,
was
and
Bugs Bunnv. Tiny Tears and Dra finger paints. Skipping rope to rhym
ball and movies
on
Saturday afternoon. There
"Andy's Gang" and "Dennis the Menace": "Victory at "Salty Brian's Shack" and the "Three Stooges":
"Dr. Seuss";
to Beaver" and the "Little
and Harriet". And of
course, we
joined
our
for the "Ed Sullivan Show."
We
were
free-thinking
creators
of
nonsense
rhymes
and
construction-paper drawings, scotch incessantly sprouted with cun'osity and unpatterncd. {disregarding our three meals a day. our favorite TV shows and bedtime). We were secure within our families, secure within the prospects of an optimistic life ahead, secure within our happy selves. What we knew of the world came with kindergarten and first grade: a dynamic exposure to the Cold War. Canaveral and Eisenhower. They were good, free times, influenced bv our parents, our friendships, our television sets. We inherited the true American wav through "Ozzie and Harriet" learned of parental respect through "Leave II To Beaver", realized that the good guys always win from "Raw hide", and experienced our first smacking of culture on "Ed Sullivan". Everything always has a happy ending. or so we from the hundreds of serials we watched. Happiness was thought, having your own hula hoop and racing cars, or so we believed, from the thousands of tempting commercials we watched. "Ma! I want that toy!" We gained an insight on materialism at a very early age.
Children. imagination.
tape ring trains and silly songs. Our minds Our lives
were
were
fertile beds that
unscheduled
Sea" and "Leave it
Rascals": "American Bandstand" and "Ozzie
parents every
Sunday night