Stefan by J.M.Okano

     Stefan was the name given to Maude and Karl's baby.  Stefan was named after his Uncle Stefan who was an organist in the temple.
     His mother took Spanish dancing on Tuesday nights but she took two months off after Stefan was born.  Karl played Spanish guitar.  Maude was practicing a zambra when Stefan was born.  (Not while he was born, but about the time he was born.)
     They kept a goat in the backyard which Mummy (Maude) and Daddy (Karl) milked.  The goat would regularly kick over the milking pail if you didn't hold her kicking leg.  She would make ungratifying sounds so Mummy would sing to her but Daddy just ignored her (the goat).
     One day the goat escaped from her pen and got into the house and Daddy's guitar reappeared in the yard.  Daddy was very disappointed but he didn't lose his temper.  He was glad he rescued it from the goat before anything unfixable went wrong.  He dusted off the soil from the guitar and put the goat back in her
pen which was no easy matter.  She was obstinate as goats usually are and wanted to go in the opposite direction and eat Mummy's gigantic sunflowers.
     Stefan watched all this from the baby carrier on his father's back.  Stefan jumped up and down waving his arms with delight and gurgling at the goat's antics.  The goat was the funniest thing Stefan had ever seen.
     Daddy changed the strings on his guitar and the family had supper.  What a tale Daddy had to tell Mummy.

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