We always used to spend
the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live in a big
brick house but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Arizona .
Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to look
like grass. They ride around on their bicycles and wear name tags
because they don't know who they are anymore.
They go to a building called a wreck center, but they must have got
it fixed because it is all okay now, they do exercises there, but they
don't do them very well. There is a swimming pool too, but they all
jump up and down in it with hats on.
At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man sitting
in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak
out, and go cruising in their golf carts.
Nobody there cooks, they just eat out. And, they eat the same thing
every night -early birds.
Some of the people can't get out past the man in the doll house.
The ones who do get out, bring food back to the wrecked center for pot
luck.
My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all his life to earn his
retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded someday too... When I earn my
retardment, I want to be the man in the doll house. Then I will let
people out, so they can visit their grandchildren.