Kids These Days....

The Storm, 1880, by Pierre-Auguste Cot, Metropolitan Museum, New York City

“Did you hear that boom?”
“Did you see that flash?”
“This is going to be bad.”
“Quick! We’ve got to find a place to shelter.”
“Yes, we’re really not dressed for this--no Gore-Tex, no North Face….”
“As a matter of fact, we’re hardly dressed at all….”
“That’s because we’re a shepherd and a goatherd. This is a pastoral.”
“Oh, of course!”
“I’m so glad we’re together, aren’t you?”  
“Yeah, I like you.”
“Me, too.”
“Look, there’s a cave!”
“Let’s duck in there.”
“Stay in step, stay in step!”
“I am in step! Don’t nag.”
“Hey, I don’t have my phone. Do you?”
“No, me neither!”
“What are we going to do while it rains?”
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