When my two daughters were
aged seven & five I made two boxes out of chipboard and plastic joint
blocks, one bigger than the other, on which they could stand to reach the
otherwise unattainable heights of the kitchen worktops, sink and draining board
and so begin to make a contribution to household chores, and although the girls
are now in their mid-twenties the boxes have continued, despite increasing dilapidation,
to serve various purposes in the house, barn and garden, often causing us to
comment with a smile on their original purpose; but no more – the larger box
was scrapped some years ago and today I finally dismantled (before it collapsed
under me) the smaller, consigning the chipboard to the firewood store but
retaining the plastic joint blocks as they could come in handy should I need to
make a similar box for the next generation.
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