Putter and the Pirate Ship

December 28, 2001

For Christmas got a beautiful Playmobil pirate ship. He put it

together and set it down in his room. He was really waiting until we got some

new parts for another Playmobil ship that we got years ago and which has a

couple of broken bits. I have sent off to Playmobil for the spare parts and I

was rather hoping they would come before Christmas which, naturally, they did

not. One of the nice features about his new ship is that it came with a lot of

stuff to be stored on the ship which has a beautiful captain's quarters and a

nice hold. It has food, kegs, jugs of wine and cider, wine glasses (presumable

for the captain's quarters!) and a variety of other stores. put most

of the stores below decks.

Putter ignored the ship all day yesterday. Today however he discovered that the

ship came with instructions! And the instructions included a parts list. Ah.

Now THAT is Putter's kind of thing. He spent a long time looking through the

instructions. Then, after he had determined what should be there and what was

not there, he would come to me. " Chickens? " he would ask. And off I would have

to go to find the crate of chickens (they were below decks and he had not

thought of that). After that he checked below decks for missing items.

Then he came to me again, " Cup? " he asked. Cup? I took the parts list from him

and saw the wine glasses. I pointed to the picture of a wine glass, " Cup? " I

asked. " Yes, please! " said Putter. I went to the ship and hunted inside it and

in the general vicinity. No wine glasses. Finally, I picked up a chest and

shook it. Clearly had filled it up. Sure enough all the wine glasses

(about six) were in there along with a variety of other useful items.

After that Putter was able to set up the pirate ship to his own satisfaction.

He left it on the floor at the foot of the ladder to Enrique's bunkbed.

Enrique stepped on it by accident climbing down from his bunkbed. Poor Putter!

All his work spoiled.

Salli

Enrique, 14, AS, TS

, 12, NT

Sophia, 7, NT

Xavier, aka PUTTER!, 5, autism

o, 2, NT

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