He had no sense of humour, she had no mercy: in a world of beauty they found one another and set about making little oppressors.
What they didn’t understand is: the tighter you hold them, the further children range. And so, by accident, they raised secret artists & comedians.
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Very nice – reminds me of a song from the musical The Fantasticks called “Never Say No” about how children do the opposite of what they are told. Here’s a very short story I wrote, though it’s just a little longer than yours: http://daisybrain.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/a-daisybrain-short-story/