New Children’s Book Pt 7: “All Dads Have Gas”

[Suitable for children of all ages.]

All Dads Have Gas

Chapter Four - Father and son finish their work

Imagine a father with his 6-year old son sitting under a big maple tree beside a garden of tall and healthy tomato plants while eating pickled eggs, apple, peach and carrot slices from a lunch pail.

Both are laughing because of their conversation about gas.

The boy says, “I just call them toots and stinkers. Maybe I’ll call them quacks too.”

“That sounds like a good word too,” says the father.


["Trains toot everyday. Do you?"]

Then he puts the thermos of water and the leftover pickled eggs and slices of food back into the lunch pail.

He says, “I guess we better get back to work. Two more rows and we’re done.”

For a short time they quietly rake weeds away from the tomato plants under the hot July sun.

Then the boys says, “Dad, does mom ever toot?”

“Yes, she does,” says the father. “But not very often as far as I know.”

“And does your dad have gas like you?” asks the boy.

“Why, yes he does. All dads have gas,” says the father.

“Really?” says the boy. “How do you know for sure?”

“Do dads eat food like we did a few minutes ago?”

The boy nods.

“And do they drink water or coffee or beer or pop like we do?”

The boy nods again.

“Then they will have gas,” says the father.

“That’s a lot of gas,” says the boy.

The father nods.


Then he hears a toot.

“Excuse me,” says the boy.

“And our work is done,” says the father.

The End

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