Firecrackers and Exploding Cow Pies

We expect playful pranks from boys in their early teens because they delight in stretching the boundaries. Firecrackers offer many exciting possibilities to a creative thirteen-year-old. My son, Joseph, along with a neighbour wondered what would happen if they lit a couple of firecrackers and threw them into the family’s country-style mailbox. The result was……

The Day Cow Pies Exploded

What did this fun-loving father do to amuse the throng of children who surrounded him? Why he lit firecrackers and placed them in the middle of manure plops!