Word: curlyhead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Well, Curlyhead-you're a man now, bearing your bright new shield and spear. I hated to see you go out of my house and close the door behind you; but I think I would not have halted you if I could. I salute you, sir. I cannot pretend that I am not sad; but I am proud, too. So long...
...Ensign Borker is correct. Admiral James at three (in 1885) was a winning curlyhead whose passion was soap bubbles. His grandfather, the great Pre-Raphaelite Painter John Everett Millais, one day bribed little Willie to pose for him in exchange for hearing a fairy tale. An excellent likeness, the painting was finished in several weeks -minus soap bubbles. Those were painted from less evanescent crystal spheres...
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