All in Age: 6

S02E002 The Morning After, Part 2: Bonny’s Revenge

Guy Hasson
Age: 6, Told by Grampa Walt

Suzy and I climb aboard the ship. Joy is still asleep. Justin is still awake.

As we climb up the ramp, she points at the three very big cannons that are jutting out from the side.

I nod. “They are prepared for war,” I say.

We make it to the top and go on the deck.

Everything’s made out of wood: The floor of the deck, the railing, the cabin, the other cabin-looking thing next to the cabin, the stair leading up to the wheel, the wheel, and mast, and the crow’s nest far above it.

“My god,” she says. “This is where they live.”

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S02E001 The Morning After, Part 1: It’s Absolutely Normal

Guy Hasson
Age: 6, Told by Grampa Walt

Season 2 begins! Joy is older!

My name is Walter, Walter Shelley.

I am standing on a small grassy island, looking at a huge wooden pirate ship docked right in front of me. My son has named it Bonny’s Revenge.

This has never happened before in my life. But it’s absolutely normal.

Behind me is my apartment. My nice, little, comfortable, fully-paid-for apartment, which is actually in Toronto, Canada. It’s also here, an exact replica, in the middle of a small island, in the middle of an ocean, under two suns, in the middle of my son’s dream.

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