On Wed, 08 May 2013 14:42:14 -0600, HMS Victor Victorian
<victorvictorian@hushunomail.com> wrote:
>Dear Friends,
>
>While reviewing certain images, I was reminded of a lesson I'd learned
>in the not-too-distant past. Having been an ethusiastic swimmer, I
>often went to the public pools. Not long ago, I had two occassions
>to share a public pool shower with some young lads whom I knew not.
>
>In the first instance, there was a class of schoolboys who had been to
>the pool for holiday and were entering the showers. The first boy, a
>rather small but well-built nine-year-old of Anglo-Chinese extraction,
>had shyly entered the showers in his swimming togs ... the large baggy
>Hawaiian print type so popular then (and now) ... and thereby
>preserving his modesty, began showering. I supposed him to be a new
>student, and I secretly admired him. He paid no attention to me,
>although I was starkers. Shortly, the rest of the boys, all nine or
>ten, came into the shower, completely naked. He became so
>uncomfortable that he soon peeled off his own swimming togs. I was
>particularly surprised because, unlike every one of the other lads, he
>was circumcised ... which I would think set him apart from the others
>in the most personal way. But it apparently bothered him not a whit,
>having made himself just as all the others!
>
>In the second circumstance, I entered the pool showers. There were
>three young brothers, the oldest probably ten or so, then eight and
>then perhaps seven years of age. Each one of them were naked and
>rather casually showering, but held their bunched up swimsuits tightly
>in their hands. Some argument broke out between the two oldest, and
>the ten year old suddenly snatched his brother's togs away and held
>them tauntingly over his head. The effect was immediate. The younger
>brother shouted angrily and began to cry as if horribly humilated,
>trying to leap in vain and snatch them back. In spite of his
>previously naked state, he then appeared to feel utterly naked ...
>hence the tears. Soon, the older brother tossed the togs back at him
>with a laugh, and the younger clutched them protectively to his chest.
>
>All was well again! It was a beautiful sight ... and quite curious!
>
>Sincerely,
>V
>
>
>
>God Save the Queen.
>God Bless the Prince of Wales.
>God Preserve the Windsors.
>Rule Britannia!
Hi VV,
Thanks for sharing your stories. The underlying theme, of course, is
that 'one should hide one's body. There is shame in being seen naked.
And that is the heartbreaking thing because boys are perfect beings.
Hugs,
Doc
NP-f31
|
|