Goofy and the Gopher

Let me tell you a story about Goofy and the Gopher if I may. My youngest grandson, Leo, is quite a guy. He is in grade two, absolutely loves math, knows his way around race cars, space ships, video games and has a room full of weapons. He definitely has the family sense of humour and has picked up a nick name because of that. He is known very affectionately around most parts as "Goofy Leo".

Now let me get back to the part about the room full of weapons just in case you were wondering about that. When asked, he will tell you that he is proficient in all types of guns whether they be pistols or rifles, has an extensive collection of swords including light sabers, and has a working knowledge of explosives and martial arts weapons. Not bad for a seven year old, eh? He has now added a new weapon to his arsenal....traps.

It all started when his Dad noticed a lot of gopher activity in the front yard and was wondering what would be the best way to eliminate them. His dad remembered that when he was young he knew that I always had traps hanging in my shed . So Matt asked for my advice. Being the Grandpa that I am, I told them the story of how I declared war one year on the gophers in my garden because they started to take over and destroy all the produce. I used the best trap made for eliminating gophers and that year had a very productive garden. After telling the story, and when Leo's eyes became normal size again, He said, "Let's set some traps and see what we can get!!!!!!!"

The next morning Leo and I got up early and went out to check the traps. I thought his eyes were big when I was telling the story of declaring war on gophers but you should have seen them when we pulled on the chain and found this!---------