“Mom, tell me a story about when you were a little kid”
Or when Oma or Opa or Kirstin or Derrick were little kids
Story about boiling Kalanen’s turtle, his dad asking if I ate it
About Opa being a Nazi (a “Good” Nazi) and leading the Jews out of the village; merging with Opa liberating his female gymnastics team from dresses and starting a scandal running through the village with them in pants; these two stories merging until we have Opa boisterously leading the Jews through and out of the village, them following him like grown-up children of Hamlyn, all wearing white pants.
The tree trunk and magic ointment
Rain dance
Flying down the stairs
The Sandman
Dad saving Opa’s life
Opa and the rotten rabbit parts
Mom orphaned at the age of 4
Mom’s grandmother “I hate you, I wish you were dead”
Being beaten at the top of the stairs – 10 strokes
Dad hammering a hole in his head
Me breaking my wrist
Nearly breaking both legs playing frisby
Dad gathering berries for money and fun
Oma’s collection of Mutterkreuzen – official breeder for Hitler
Starting a new religion at age 5
Flipper the Fish
The Girl Who Fell in the Plumpsklo
The Girl With the Violin Case
Concentration Camp for Opa (Christmas and Dysentery)
The Day I Panicked at School (losing my vision)
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