[BITList] THE CARING GRANDFATHER

[John Feltham]

THE  CARING GRANDFATHER

A  woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly behaved 3 year-old grandson.

It's obvious to her that he has his  hands full with the child screaming for sweets in the sweet aisle,  biscuits in the biscuit aisle and for fruit, cereal and pop in the other  aisles.

Meanwhile, Granddad is working his way around, saying  in a controlled  voice, "Easy, William, we won't be long . . . easy, boy."

Another outburst, and she hears the granddad calmly  say, "It's  okay, William, just a couple more minutes and we'll be  out of here.  Hang in there, boy"

At the checkout, the  little terror is throwing items out of  the cart and Granddad says again  in a controlled voice, "William, William, relax buddy, don't get upset.  We'll be home in five minutes.  Stay cool, William."

Very  impressed, the woman goes outside where the grandfather  is loading his  groceries and the boy into the car.

She said to the elderly  gentleman, "It's none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I  don't know how you did it.  That whole time, you kept your composure,  and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying  things would be okay. William is very lucky  to have you as his  grandpa."

"Thanks," said the grandfather, "but I'm William .  . . the little bastard's name is Kevin.