PegLegs and Me

Danie was the oddball in the family. Different from the other children, a younger brother and an older sister. The middle child, often the one less noticed, but not in Danie’s case. He was a plump, temperamental, stubborn little boy. His grandfather always commented that if ever Danie were to drown, they would find him upstream . As mentioned in a previous post To Drink or Not to Drink , he was very sensitive to certain happenings as a small child – he had premonitions and could sense when someone’s end was near, crying hysterically in their presence. This peculiarity was frowned upon by the church and he was anointed by the clergy to remove the ‘evil spirit’ within him. This act only made him fearful of his “gift” and he distanced himself from it. He was very shy as a boy, but in his early teenage years, a sudden awakening occurred which changed his personality considerably. Living on a small farm was great fun for the two brothers. Their father, Roy, bought both boys pellet guns an...