When Life Gives You Lemons
"Oh you beautiful doll! You great big beautiful doll! I don't know the words and I don't care, 'cause I'm losing my hair! Hey shortman! How was school?" Phil stood outside sweeping, singing to himself when he saw Arnold approaching.
"Hey grandpa." Arnold sighed, as he took a seat on the steps.
The elderly man watched the upset expression forming on his grandson's face and asked "Oh what's the problem?"
"Well today's the day they serve lemon pudding in the cafeteria. Stinky ended up dropping his and wasn't too happy the rest of the day."
Being reminded of a childhood memory, Phil asked "Did I ever tell you about the time your great aunt Mitzy and I opened up a lemonade stand?" Phil asked, leaning against the broom.
"No?"
"We needed money to buy tickets for a new movie that was playing. We had almost made enough, when your grandma came walking down the street."
"Did she buy a glass from you?"
"Are you kidding?! She knocked over the stand and laughed in our faces!" Phil laughed, thinking back to the incident.
The blonde boy sighed at the story, waiting for the point to be made.
"That's okay though. I learned an important lesson. When life gives you lemons…"
"I know grandpa. You're supposed to look on the brightside." Arnold finished for him.
"Actually I was going to say squirt them in somebody's eyes. I could have saved our stand if I had used them to do that to your grandma! Hehe" Phil chuckled uncontrollably.
"Whatever you say grandpa."