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“Wow!” said Grant, looking at the diagrams in<br />
the museum. “This was really a gigantic war. And all<br />
those funny-looking guys with weird hair were part of<br />
the revolution.”<br />
“Who?” asked Mimi, making notes in her<br />
research notebook.<br />
Christina giggled. “He means George<br />
Washington and Thomas Jefferson and guys like<br />
that,” she explained.<br />
“Grant!” Mimi admonished, but the kids<br />
could see that she had a smile on her face. “Those<br />
are our famous Founding Fathers.”<br />
Grant frowned. “Well, all I know is that they<br />
wore ponytails!” He pointed to a portrait on the<br />
wall. Under his breath, he muttered, “Papa would<br />
never wear a ponytail.”<br />
They all turned to find Papa staring very<br />
seriously at a picture on the wall. When they<br />
looked, they gasped. It showed a haystack-size<br />
mound of amputated arms and legs.<br />
“War is not the best way to solve problems,” Papa<br />
said sadly. “Back then, there was no anesthesia and no<br />
way to save arms and legs shattered by cannon balls.<br />
They just cut them off.”<br />
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