The day starts for you like any other. Cartoons. Breakfast. Cartoons. By 9:00 a.m., you're bored out of your mind and are driving your mother crazy. Will tomorrow never come?
Yes, that's right, Cordise. It's Christmas Eve. And tomorrow, bright and early, you get to rip into presents!
Immediate-Past Governor of the Kiwanis New England and Bermuda District #21 Dad has the day off from his job at the rock quarry or wherever it is that Dad goes during the day, and he's becoming irritated with you. He turns up the news as loudly as it will go.
"And in other news," says the anchor, "A Komodo dragon has escaped from the Westfield Zoo and is roaming around these suburban streets. Do not approach the Komodo dragon, as his mouth is filled with bacteria that can dissolve a yak."
The Earth falls still. The Komodo dragon is your favorite creature in the world! In fact, you're on a first-name basis with the one at the Westfield Zoo! Dad says the dragon just wants to eat you for a snack, but then Dad also says you were found in an attic by the side of the road.