FeLines Birthday - Grandmother's
(White grandmother cat with two kittens, one grey and one a yellow tabby.)
Inside Greeting -
Happy
Birthday
to a Grand, Grand
Grandmother !
(Includes short essay inside card on left side
"What a Grandmother Is"
This essay was written by an eight year old child in grade three of a Langley school, published in the Langley Advance and read on the CBC Radio network program "Neighbourly News" by Edgar Dunning the week of December 18, 1966:
A Grandmother is a lady who has no children of her own so she likes other peoples little girls. A Grandfather is a man Grandmother. He goes for walks with the boys and they talk about fishing and tractors and like that.Grandmas don't have to do anything except be there. They are old, so they shouldn't play har or run. It's enough if they drive us to the supermarket where the pretend horse is, and have lots of dimes ready. Or if they take us for a walk, they should slow down past things like pretty leaves or caterpillars. They should never say hurry up. Usually they are fat, but not too fat to tie kids shoes. They wear glasses and funny underwear and they can take their teeth and gums off.
It's better if they don't typewrite or play cards except with us. They don't have to be smart, only answer questions like why dogs hate cats or how come God isn't married.
They don't talk baby talk like visitors because it is hard to understand. When they rad to us, they don't skip or mind if it's the same story again. Everybody should try to have one, especially if you don't have TV because Grandmas are the only grown-ups who have got time.