“No one wants a cheeky rascal like you…” Old Henry paused mid-sentence and frowned. Staring at Zachary suspiciously, he asked, “What did you just say? ‘Great-grandchildren’?”

“Your hearings must have deteriorated with age,” Zachary feigned a sigh while shaking his head.

“Daddy, Grandpa’s ears are still good,” Ellie defended Henry, puffing up her cheeks childishly.

“Ellie, what did you just call him?” Old Henry was stunned.

“Daddy.” Turning her head, Ellie replied with a straight, serious face.

“Hell, what’s going on ‘ere?” Old Henry looked intently at Ellie, before turning his gaze to Zachary and demanded, “Cheeky rascal, you’re gonna do some explaining ‘ere?”

he’s our Daddy,” the young boy paused and pointed to Zachary before continuing, “And we’re Daddy’s children. Therefore, we can’t address you

chirped in, “Daddy’s

His eyes widened in astonishment. It took him a while to regain his composure as he impatiently called Zachary over, “I can’t make no head

their spot to their Daddy. Gathering at the corner, they started whispering to one

Grandpa understand what we’re

we didn’t express it clearly enough for him

We’re still in kindergarten anyway. It’s normal for adults not to understand

ascend to the second year of kindergarten next year. We should

This

“Agreed.”

soon as Zachary approached, old Henry

current condition, the

was sick, you helped me to take care of these children. I was elated, thinking that you finally had grown

them greatly. And I know you do a great job taking care of

bingo! There you are, teaching these innocent children to call you ‘Daddy’?” The old man’s genial tone suddenly took a totally drastic turn. “Have you lost your friggin’

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