Adolescent Adventurers Gifts

"I feel sorry for kids these days - they're always being tested for something"

'I have this fear of the real world...'

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

"Look Mommy, hat!"

"Can you make me look like Wolverine?"

"Would you like some wings?"

Only a penny! A sensible and ingenious toy for children.

Child driving a toy car

'My 'What I Did Over The Weekend' report is about my hunting a 17,000 pound moose, deep inside Canada.Some or all of this report has been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.'

Kids with Fish Balloons

"Yeah, you could say I've got mother issues....she told me I have to move out!"

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

'I know he followed you home but you can't keep him.'

Mistaken baby ducks.

"Why did I start the story with 'Twice upon a time?' Because it's a sequel."

"If nothing else, school has prepared me for a lifetime of backpacking."

'You must all promise never to divulge what you are about to see.'

'I'm trying to get my competence and my confidence in the same place.'

'Our tabby was pre-approved for a credit card!'

Childhood

"So you dreamed you were an adult?"

Little Pink Girl and Her Pink Horse

"Kids."

Swinging on the Chandelier

The First National Sand Bank.

'It's all right, miss, I'm only loking for our cricket-ball!'

Local, free-range bug juice.

Somewhere in France - John O'Dowd jests away his junior year abroad

Student to kid: 'School first, then Mount Everest.'

"Yeah, I've noticed it too: Young Master's smell has changed a lot since he's become a teenager..."

"And for my third wish I want a further three!"

Flava Superba