Happy As Larry (2010)
Happy As Larry
“In the beginning, at least.
While the big world continued to tear itself apart in 1996 with suicide bombings in Sri Lanka and Israel, mad cow disease in Britain and a spate of horrific air disasters, Larry’s little world came together. He couldn’t have been happier. He was in class with Jemma Holland every day. His teacher, Mrs Smythe, was like a grandmother to him, and she kept a box of dried fruit in her desk to reward her clever students. Larry ate a lot of dried fruit.
For Denise, it was an...other story. Weeks passed before she could watch him hang up his schoolbag without sobbing.
‘Sometimes it’s harder on the parents than it is on the children,’ Mrs Smythe counselled Denise. ‘You need to find an outlet, volunteer for Meals on Wheels or do something creative. Fill your days.’ Mal had said the same thing. Then one night, watching a lifestyle program, they stumbled on a solution: Sookie Dolls, Peek-a-boo Dolls, Time-out Dolls, Tantrum Dolls, Corner Kids, each made with a simple wood-and-wire frame, padded with cotton wadding and dressed in second-hand children’s clothing.MoreLess
While the big world continued to tear itself apart in 1996 with suicide bombings in Sri Lanka and Israel, mad cow disease in Britain and a spate of horrific air disasters, Larry’s little world came together. He couldn’t have been happier. He was in class with Jemma Holland every day. His teacher, Mrs Smythe, was like a grandmother to him, and she kept a box of dried fruit in her desk to reward her clever students. Larry ate a lot of dried fruit.
For Denise, it was an...other story. Weeks passed before she could watch him hang up his schoolbag without sobbing.
‘Sometimes it’s harder on the parents than it is on the children,’ Mrs Smythe counselled Denise. ‘You need to find an outlet, volunteer for Meals on Wheels or do something creative. Fill your days.’ Mal had said the same thing. Then one night, watching a lifestyle program, they stumbled on a solution: Sookie Dolls, Peek-a-boo Dolls, Time-out Dolls, Tantrum Dolls, Corner Kids, each made with a simple wood-and-wire frame, padded with cotton wadding and dressed in second-hand children’s clothing.MoreLess
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