Out of the mouths of babes

AT A family gathering our daughter asked Joel, her sixyear-old nephew, what he wanted to do after leaving school. Without hesitation, he said: ‘I want to be a grandad!’ After much laughter, he was asked why. his explanation: ‘Grandads don’t have to go to school or work, and can go to the park whenever they want.’ peter hutchinson, Bingley, w. yorks.