Wood Tape (2004)
A personal anecdote describes a father taking his four-year-old son to a hardware store to buy 'wood tape' for a DIY project. The story captures the innocence of childhood imagination and the simple joy of a father-son outing.
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My wife calls me at work, and we have the usual end-of-the-day chat. Then: "Oh, by the way, Guy wants you to take him to the hardware store, he wants to get some tape." "What kind of tape?" "He says he wants 'wood tape'." "Wood tape?" "Wood tape." "Uhhh, ok. When?" "Sometime this weekend. He is really looking forward to going." Guy is my four-year-old son. No problem, I just need a fraction of an excuse to visit a hardware store. Sunday morning rolls around, the tape has completely left my mind. Guy comes in with this drawing on a clipboard: "See what I made, Dad?" "That's very nice Guy. What is it?" "Well, this one is a big board." "Ok." "And that's a saw." "Yes, I see that, very nice." "And this is a table I want you to make by cutting up the board with the saw.
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