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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Karin" data-source="post: 79186" data-attributes="member: 57167">Bobby, Pam, Chris & Rebecca were out playing miniature golf. Chris hit his ball and watched the ball go straight into the volcano. “Yes a hole in one,” Christopher exclaimed and walked up to pick up the golf ball.“My turn, my turn!”  Rebecca exclaimed impatiently. She then put down the ball and hit it as hard as she could. The ball flew out of the lane and landed on the ground.“No Rebecca this isn’t regular golf, you need to hit the ball with less strength,” Bobby coached his daughter. Rebecca picked up the ball and put it on the lane where it flew out.“Uh-uh it didn’t pass the red mark you need to put it back from the beginning,” Chris objected.“But can’t I just put it here?” Rebecca asked.“No the rules say you should put it back at the beginning,” Chris insisted.“But I don’t want to, mom?” Rebecca turned to Pam.“I’m sorry sweetie but those are the rules.”Rebecca moped as she put the ball back at the beginning, “Okay now I’m on strike two.”“No actually its strike three,” Chris corrected Rebecca.“Three?” Rebecca complained. “But I only hit the ball once before!”“Yeah but you got an extra strike because it hit out of the lane,” Chris laughed.“Mom?” Rebecca whined.“Well maybe we could make an exception, I mean Rebecca’s so young,” Pam said.“No, no exceptions, she’s already gotten a handicap of 18 strikes, that’s enough,” Christopher insisted.Bobby and Pam exchanged a look and Pam sighed, “Alright, Rebecca you are now on strike three.”“Okay,” Rebecca sighed, before she hit the ball so loose that it only moved a couple of inches.She took a step forward to hit the ball again when Chris said, “You need to put that back, it’s still not past the red line.”“Mom do I have to?” Rebecca whined.“Yes Rebecca,” Pam said.“Typical,” Rebecca moved the ball back. “Okay so strike four,” Rebecca hit the ball again and this time it had the right speed but unfortunately it was crocket so it missed the opening in between the flower pots and hit the flower pot instead and bounced back.“Oh no Rebecca,” Pam sighed.“I’m sure you’ll do better next strike,” Bobby said encouragingly.“Well she better as she only has seven strikes and she used more than half of them already,” Christopher pointed out.“Yeah come on Rebecca we know you can do it,” Pam said encouragingly.Rebecca put the ball back at the beginning and hit it hard because she was angry. The ball flew away and landed straight into the water of another court. “Ha ha, you got the water again,” Chris laughed. “That’s two more strikes.”“Damn!” Rebecca exclaimed and threw her golf club onto the ground.“Rebecca, what are you doing?”  Pam asked.“Throwing my golf club,” Rebecca replied angrily.“We can see that but why?” Bobby asked.“Because golf is no fun, Christopher is just picking on me all the time,” Rebecca whined.“Christopher you need to go a little easier on Rebecca, remember she’s a beginner at miniature golf,” Bobby lectured their son.“But I didn’t do anything,” Chris complained.“Yes you were, you were teasing your sister,” Pam said.“So what?” Christopher shrugged his shoulders. “I thought that’s what big brothers do, I mean Uncle JR is always picking on you!”Bobby sighed since Chris was not totally wrong. “Well that may be so. Still siblings looks out for each other too. You have a choice here pal, you can be a mean big brother or a nice one, so which is it gonna be?”“Alright, I’ll be nicer,” Christopher sighed.“Good, now go pick up your club and ball Rebecca,” Bobby said. Rebecca picked up the club. “Aren’t you forgetting something?” Bobby asked. “What?” Rebecca asked.“The ball,” Bobby said.“No you’ll get the ball, it’s in the water.”“I know that now go get it.”“I don’t want to, I’m afraid I’m gonna fall in,” Rebecca whined. Bobby sighed before he went over to the water and picked up the ball. Somehow when he had suggested they’d spend some time together with their family this wasn’t how he’d pictured the afternoon.</blockquote>

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