Four, For, Fore

“Wanna hear somethin’ far out? If you take a four and a four and a four, three fours, and you add them up, you get twelve, right? And then you add the one and the two in twelve together and you get… three. I mean like mind blown man!”

“…”

“Say somethin’ dad. I wanna make sure your cerebral cortex is still operatin’.”

“You called me at 3am for this?”

“I would’ve told ya at your golf game with your business buddies, ya know, with all you guys yellin’ “fore” all the time, but this couldn’t wait.”

“Thank you. Good night.”

Two, Four, Challenge

“Mike, run straight up four steps, then go right. I’ll hit you there.”

Columbus Street was known for its pick-up touch-football games. They used a Nerf ball - it didn’t fly as far but didn’t hurt when catching it. Or getting beaned in the head like had happened last play.

Today, some older kids had challenged the neighbourhood kids to a game. The older kids were taller but there was a two-to-one advantage in numbers for the younger kids. So far the score was even.

The game would go on until they got called in for dinner.