FREDDIE—"Let's see some of your tricks, then!"

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OBEDIENCE

A certain woman demands instant and unquestioning obedience from her children. One afternoon a storm came up and she sent her little son John to close the trap leading to the flat roof of the house.

"But mother," began John.

"John, I told you to shut the trap."

"Yes, but mother—"

"John, shut that trap."

"All right, mother, if you say so—but—"

"John!"