I think a case can be made that what attracted kid AW to playing with canons was just the excitement and the noise, without understanding what they were for.
Oh, absolutely. At least if this love of cannon is present around age 3, that must be how it starts! (Fritzian comments about wanting to kill the Swedish king notwithstanding; he's clearly echoing what he's hearing, and that's if SD is telling the strict truth.)
Re: Fritz and fear of gunfire
Date: 2021-06-06 05:10 pm (UTC)Oh, absolutely. At least if this love of cannon is present around age 3, that must be how it starts! (Fritzian comments about wanting to kill the Swedish king notwithstanding; he's clearly echoing what he's hearing, and that's if SD is telling the strict truth.)