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or A Strange Reason
The Ears Were Smaller

PHIL JACOBS

Special to The Jewish News

Ten years ago, virtual new-
lyweds, my wife, Lisa, and I de-
cided to take a trip into a land of
fantasy: Disney World.

We got into our 1975 tan and
rust (body cancer had eaten away
the bumper) Dodge Dart and
drove for almost 20 hours, plow-
- ing through December cold, wind
and snow until we reached what
was then and still is the symbol of
all that constitutes the American
vacation.
I remember entering into the
Magic Kingdom and disappearing
into such reality killers as Pirates
of the Caribbean, Peter Pan's
Flight and the Country Bear
Jamboree. I danced with Mickey
Mouse, posed for a picture with
Pluto, donned Mouse Club ears
and generally had such a wonder-
ful time that I couldn't under-
stand how this place could possi-
bly be for kids. And as my wife and
I left, thinking that we couldn't
wait to get back, there were those
near us who looked fatigued, frus-
trated and frazzled.

They weren't like us. Didn't
they ride the exciting Space
/-`
Mountain or pick up a hitchhik-
ing ghost in the Haunted House?
Surely they had done all the fun
things that we had. Then what
made these people different? Who
were they? .. .
Parents, that's who. Especially
parents of small children.
Last week, my wife and I visited
Disney World . . . again. Only the
situation had changed. Because
this time around we took our 2 1/2-
year-old daughter.
Mickey and Pluto weren't our
friends anymore. And if I hear
"It's a small, small world" one
more time, I'll jump overboard
from the fake boat I waited an
,hour to board just to see this ex-
hibit for the umpteenth time.

/- This time around the Mouse
Club ears were a size smaller. I

fought off fathers and other little
kids, just to snap my daughter's
picture with King Mickey. I ch-
ased her through Adventureland.
I fell asleep in the Land of the
Teeky Birds, and I put back at
least 47 different mouse souvenirs
that my daughter had lifted from
racks and shelves.
I was the one who shouted glee-
fully when my wife told me she
had won this all-expense paid trip
to Disney World. I was the one
who couldn't wait to see my
daughter hug Mickey Mouse, just
like the little girl in the television
ads. I never want to see that ad
again.
It's not that my little girl was a
monster, she was just being a typ-
ical 2 1/2-year-old. To those without
children, that means she was
grabbing everything in sight and
chasing everything that moved.
Usually the one who was on her
tail, cutting through switch-
backed lines, tranquil parks and
busy shops, was her daddy.
I really didn't mind riding the
merry-go-round four times and fi-
nally peeling her off the horse and
pole. I also didn't mind the diaper
change on the steam boat. Of
course, the people around us we-
ren't pleased. The orange juice she
poured all over me was no prob-
lem, and neither was the time she
almost pulled the nose off a baby
sleeping in its stroller.

When the day was all over, we
took the monorail back through
the Contemporary Hotel toward
the parking lot. My wife was
passed out against the window.
My daughter was chirping to a lit-
tle boy sitting behind us.
Suddenly, I was met by two
pairs of staring eyes from the
young couple sitting across from
us, wearing mouse ears. What
they were looking at was a grown
man with a sweat soaked tee-shirt
with chocolate ice cream and
orange juice stains, mussed up
hair and a dazed look on his face.
"Go ahead and laugh," I
thought to myself. "This is going
to be you in ten years."
My, how things have changed.

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