The Silent family Constitution
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The Silent Family Constitution

Some other rules to control the child’s appetite are “Don’t accept or eat food given to you outside this house without my permission.” Some to control begging by children “If you beg money from anyone or a stranger, I will flog you.” or “If you are given money and you did not show it to me and you spend it, I will punish you.” There are accepted sharing rules which indicate that the most senior must share food and the most junior gets the least.

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An Obscure Item for Inheritance in the Family

But can a vague thing as a cheap book give that same significance as something more valuable? How about inheriting a library of books, would quantity make a difference? In an age where the younger generation had not imbibed or had lost a reading culture where reading had become a background of attention for schooling only, then hardly can someone appreciate such a time-worn-dog-edged overlap of refined fibres or pulp as paper to be worth an inheritance. How valuable is an old book written when the world is in its dark ages? How valuable is a script that cracks at handling because its pages have become “brittle” or mouldy?

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Time To Clear Out The Chalet

Once, a friend of mine kept all his empty milk tins in anticipation of a future lucky dip raffle draw from the milk manufacturers. My other friend kept all his empty shoe polish tins for an imaginary “more tins qualify you to a raffle ticket to win big.”