Sylvester
10 Years Old


Sylvester

What a pain! Your little brother, Sly, is into everything. Your mom asks him to fetch some water from the spring and two hours later he returns with a frog and no idea where he left the bucket. And just last night you had to explain to him how bad it makes your parents feel when he shows them the ten or twelve things he's circled in the Sears & Roebuck catalog. "Sly," you said, "Don't you get it? We don't even have enough money for food. How do you expect to buy those things? You are just making Mom and Dad feel even worse!" Then the brat got tears in his eyes and you felt bad.