Danny had received the "coolest" toy from his Aunt Sandy for his 5th birthday in August of '71. At first I thought how ignorant this was to give a small boy a dart gun especially with a baby girl toddling around the house. There were definitely some house rules set down about it. I explained to him that although it is a toy, it could seriously injure someone if one of the darts would hit a person---especially if it would hit them in the eye. He could only play with it when Laura was taking a nap or was put to bed at night. He was very careful when playing with it and never aimed it at anything but the rabbit. The rabbit is the cool part. It was a brown wind up rabbit that would run (slowly) around in a circle and you were suppose to try to hit it by shooting the darts at it. It was about the size of a real medium sized rabbit. I don't know why I thought this was "blog worthy" but there must be an underlying reason I suppose.
His other favorite toys were hot wheels, Tonka trucks and Jeep, and a small train set he had received for Christmas. He loved his little two wheel bicycle (with training wheels). In the spring the man down the street took the training wheels off of it for him. He knew that Danny's dad was in Viet Nam.
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something about little boys and guns...
ReplyDeletedid you notice though, nearly forty years ago it was tonka trucks and hot wheels.
ReplyDeleteThis is why your blog is great......I had forgot all about the rabbit, but can picture it vividly now.
ReplyDeleteI also remember a very cool ride fire truck that moved and lit up! Very fancy in those days.
I guess this is what made it "blog worthy" lol
ReplyDeleteYes the fire truck was very cool. Your Grandma and Grandpa Reinke gave it to you for your fifth birthday.