No Idle Treat
My father was a navy pilot and we were living in Florida in the early 1960s. My four-year-old brother had a habit of walking my father threatened him with a spanking unless he stopped. The Cuban missile crisis occurred shortly after this and my father was put on loert. In the middle of the night., an officer called our home to tell my father to report.
“Daddy will spank me!” he said and hung up.The officer tried a second time, but with the same result. On the third try the officer quickly said,” I’ll spank you if you don’t wake your Daddy!” My brother obeyed.
左右為難
在20世紀60年代初，我們住在佛羅里達時，我父親是個空軍駕駛員。我四歲的弟弟有個習慣，他每天早上都要叫醒我的父母。終于，我父親嚇唬了他一次，說如果他再繼續這么做，父親就要揍他的屁股。
不久，古巴就發生了導彈危機。我父親他們要時刻處于戰備狀態。一天半夜一位長官打來電話，讓我父親迅速歸隊。
‘爸爸該打我屁股了。“我弟弟說完就把電話掛了。那位長官又打來第二次，他得到了同樣的結果。當那位長官第三次打來電話時，他還沒等我弟弟說話，就馬上說：”如果你不叫醒你爸爸，我就該揍你屁股了。’我弟弟只好服從了他。
