"STOP! Don't climb the bookshelves!"

We had an episode this morning that I will call...

"STOP! Don't climb the bookshelves!"

Opening scene: (setting - a cold but crisp Thursday morning in family home in Murdoch)

Sprightly 7 year old boy finishes his breakfast and decides to read some books before going to school. The concept of merely taking out a book and sitting quietly on the floor to read it proves to be a bit too bland for his liking.

Boy makes a pile of books. Then he makes another pile of books. He then decides that he has enough height to step on the piles he has made and climb onto the bookshelf.

Blessed with supersonic hearing (or should it be said instead that when it becomes TOO QUIET, Mums around the world stop in their tracks), a fast twisting neck that defies whiplash and an innate sense of paranoia (see also: guilt), this Mum senses that something is about to go down!

She calls out a stern warning (readers, you can join in by reading the episode title), "STOP! Don't climb the bookshelves!"

(Obedient child freezes in his tracks and carefully gets back onto the floor...a bit of April Fool's Day joke there.)

Back to the episode transcript:
Mum's calls of warning go unheeded. There is much panic, a loud crash and a bit of teeth gnashing as furniture fall --- Mum sees the scene unfold in slow motion ("O Fortuna" plays in the background).

Then there is silence.

Cut to scene:
There is now a huge messy pile of books blocking the entrance of our back room.

Mum refuses to clean up. Boy stands by the corner, with an expression on his face that is of shock, remorse and pure, "Yikes....Busted!".

Scene fades into black with the figure of Mum putting her hands on her head.

End scene.

POST SCRIPT:
What is a Mum to do hey? Xavier is ok. His ego is a bit bruised though -- he has realised that he is indeed, NOT Spiderman.