es
her angry and she makes me go to my room or she spanks me. Bobby doesn't
like this. Once when she spanked me he growled at mommy, and mommy
chased him outdoors with a broom before she sent me to bed. I cried all
day that day because it was cold outdoors and I wanted to have Bobby
with me.

I wonder why mommy doesn't like me?

* * * * *

One day I was a bad boy and let Bobby come into the house before mommy
told me I could. Bobby hadn't done anything bad but mommy hit him on the
back with the broom and hurt him and chased him back outdoors and then
she told me I was a very bad boy. I could tell that she was going to
spank me and I knew she would hurt me because she was so big, and I ran
upstairs and hid in my room. Then mommy stamped her foot hard and said
Jimmy you come down here this minute. I didn't answer and then she said
if I have to come upstairs and get you I'll whip you until you can't sit
down, and I still didn't answer because mommy hurts me when she gets
angry like that. Then I heard her coming up the stairs and into my room
and she opened the closet door and found me. I said please don't hurt me
mommy but she reached down and caught my ear and dragged me out of the
closet. I was so scared I bit her hand and she screamed and let go and
I ran and locked myself in the bathroom because I knew she would hurt me
bad if I didn't. I stayed there all day long and I could hear mommy
running the sweeper downstairs and I couldn't see why she wanted to hurt
me so much just because I let Bobby come in before she told me I could.
But somehow it seemed that mommy was afraid of me even though she was so
big and strong. I don't see why anybody as big as mommy should be afraid
of me but she was.

When daddy came home that night I heard him talking to mommy, and then
he came up to the bathroom and said open the door Jimmy I want to talk
to you. I said I want Bobby first so he went down and called Bobby and
then I opened the door and came out of the bathroom. Daddy reached down
and lifted me high up on his shoulder and took me into my bedroom and
just sat there for a long time patting Bobby's head and I couldn't hear
what he was thinking very well. Finally he said out loud Jimmy you've
got to be good to your mommy and do what she says and not lock yourself
up in rooms any more. I said but mommy was going to hurt me and daddy
said when you're a bad boy your mommy has to punish you so you'll