He was warning us not to play in the road. Sometimes he did it with a sense of humor because he knew we were going to tell him it was safe, sometimes he got angry. But he said what he said because he cared. He knew the danger.
He ALSO knew that we are, basically, "Kids!"
We are SO NAIVE in our "Dealings With" the "Powers That BE!!"
He KNEW we are "HOPELESS OPTIMISTS," but he tried to teach us about the evil we faced!
We "Owe this Guy," however our Hopeless Struggle evolves!
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