Children's Column

By 12-year-old Lisa, Revere, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Originally in English)

Water is water and beer is beer! They are different, not the same. Water is for quenching thirst, and beer is not. You need water to live. Alcoholic drinks such as beer are not necessary for living. Some people are wild about beer. It makes them turn crazy after drinking it. Beer contains a strong poison, but water doesn't! So don't just make an excuse and say that water and beer are exactly the same! They're not!

There once was a wife who had two children and a husband. One night she and her two daughters were waiting for the father to come home. He got home very late, and kept yelling and acting very crazy; he was drunk from drinking many bottles of beer. He then suddenly hit the wife very hard, and the wife was injured and began crying. While the children were sleeping, he destroyed almost everything in the house. The next morning he cooled off, and the wife was brought to the hospital. It was a horrible day. So please, I am imploring all those who do such things, to please stop. Beer is not water! Water is necessary for living! Beer is not!

To: A Kind and Loving Person (Master)  Water is Water and Beer is Beer