Pa Is Always Right

We in the Jones family are die-hard Chicago Bears fans. In fact, daddy sometimes goes into deep depression when his favorite team losses on Sunday. Toward the beginning of the season this year, Pa and Henry were discussing the Bear's chances of winning a particular game. Pa told Henry that the Bears were going to lose. Henry took the news better than his father and went to bed before the game had ended. To everyone's excitement, the Bears managed to pull out a win at the end of the game. The next morning I told Henry, "Guess what? The Bears won yesterday!" Henry replied, "No, they didn't," and I said, "Yes, they did." In an exasperated tone, Henry told me, "No. Pa said they were going to lose." Despite my best efforts, Henry refused to believe that the Bears had won the game because Pa told him they were going to lose.