Tonight we went to Fayetteville to hear the author, Bill Bryson, talk of his travels and his books. I have been reading his latest book, "At Home, A Short History of Private Life" and tonight got it autographed (Yea!). He grew up in Iowa but has lived most of his adult life in the UK. He is one of the best story tellers alive. The lecture flew by as did the 30 minute Q&A period.
His final story was about a friend from Australia who lived in a small house next to a large lot with her 4 year old daughter. One day a construction crew arrived and began building a house. The little girl spent much of her time standing near the lot watching and listening to the workers build. She became such a fixture that soon she was adopted by the crew as a sort of mascot. They talked to her often and at the end of each week they would give her a pay envelope full of coins. When she took her "pay" to her Mother, her Mother said that she should take her pay to the bank and put it in her account. So they went to the bank and she handed her "pay envelopes" to the teller. The teller asked, "Well, how did you earn this?" The little girl replied, "I'm building a house." The teller then said, "Will you be building the house next week?" The sweet little girl said, "We will if they bring the f*****g bricks!"
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