As my friend Donald Davis says, stories are about trouble. Children, like most of us, get in trouble not intentionally, but by accident. Mayhem ensues. A little forethought might prevent the mayhem, but then, we wouldn’t have the story, would we?

Here’s 3 stories about accidents. If tragedy plus distance equals humor, that’s where they fit.

As always, someone will ask, “Are these stories true?”

They started out that way. Then they got truer.

On this album: The Desk-Tilting Olympics, The Cup, and No Problem