Article June 30, 1980 Issue

God's universal law of good

CAROL CHAPIN LINDSEY

When my sister and I were very small, our dad would take us on his lap when he came home from work and hold court. In his sternest voice he would ask, "Have you been a good girl?" Then, accompanied by a scolding gesture: "See that big finger?"

I just sat there and quaked.

A negative answer to the first question meant an imminent encounter with the back of a hairbrush.

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