Living, learning and lifing

October 30, 2011

Please Mr Councillor can we have a lack of everything..? (or Hays Paddock ftw)

Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl. They lived near a large open space with trees, corners and spaces, it was a land of discovery. Once upon a time as well there was an old man who used to walk his dog in the land of discovery oblivious to the fact that he was navigating his way through a saharan desert with moon landing facilities and secret passageways.

Neither the boy the girl or the man thought about the exercise they were taking as they used their space, neither thought about the calorie burn, the team bonding, the skill development, but they did used to say hiand wave as they traversed each other's landscapes.

As the boy got older he stopped making moonscapes and started sitting under trees - both to ponder the meaning of life and to watch girls walk dogs. As the man got older he walked slower and woudl rest near the boys' tree. They would discuss life, progress and the superiority (or not) of Collingwood.

The boy and the girl grew up and went off to travel the world, the man grew older. The girl returned from her travels and had children of her own. She returned to her park but it wasn't a land of discovery any more. Now it had an enormous pavillion, shelters, barbecues... The land of discovery faced a big brick wall, and 3 of the corners were