THE DRAGON WON OVER HORSES AGAIN

WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE? WITH A COWBOY OPA, AND GRAMMY, A GRANDSON CHOOSES DRAGONS OVER HORSES? 50 HORSES ON THAT MERRY-GO-ROUND AT LEAST, BUT HE ALWAYS HOPES FOR THE FANCY GREEN DRAGON. ACTUALLY HIS CHANCES WERE BETTER TO GET IT, BECAUSE USUALLY THE DRAGON WAS PARKED IN THE BACK WHEN WE GOT ON AND HE KNEW TO RUN FOR IT. THE OTHER CHILDREN PACKED THE MERRY-GO-ROUND, AND DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS IN THE BACK, THERE, AND SO JACKY GOT IT 49 TIMES OUT OF 50. THE MERRY-GO-ROUND BEING THE ONLY RIDE HE WANTED TO GO ON.

I DID TRY TO LURE HIM OVER TO OTHER THINGS. HE ENJOYED THE SIMPLE THINGS HE WAS IN CONTROL OF. NOT A MACHINE THAT STRAPPED YOU DOWN AND HELD YOU THERE. HE WANTED TO RUN IN THE MAZE, (HE LOVED THAT) AND THE FIELD OF CANDY CANES GROWING OUT OF THE GROUND HELTER SKELTER WERE A BIG ATTRACTION. HE WAS ABLE TO SWING ON THEM AND CLIMB ON THEM AND THEY WERE THE HIT OF THE DAY I THINK. SANTA WAS IN THE BARN BEHIND THEM SOMEWHERE, BUT WHEN WE WERE GOING IN THE DOOR, THEY HAD ALL OF THE LIGHTS OUT EXCEPT FOR A LINE OF CHRISTMAS BULBS ON A STRING OVER THE DOORS, AND IT WAS DARK. JACKY ADMITTED HE COULD GO TO THAT, BUT WHEN WE HAD TO TURN RIGHT AND CRAWL THROUGH THE FIREPLACE, IN PITCH DARK, "NO WAY"....HE WAS SMARTER THAN THAT. SO OUT WE CAME, AND SAVED THAT FOR A MUCH OLDER BOY.