My Dad wrote this for me when I was young. I thought that ... Ranma could empart to his son the same wisdom! Some lines altered to fit!

Just Try

"What shall I be Pop, when I grow up?

"Just try to be son, a happy man"

"I mean much more Pop, like an astronaut, doctor, or a spy for the JDSSF, to fly a million miles and back, to save a thousand human lives, to protect our nation in perils from abroad.
Something... rewarding, more like that."

(Ranma was silent contemplating what his son had said, when the boy continued.)

"How about a fireman, lawyer, or famous clown?"

"To sound a bell and save a life while on the job, or raise my voice in someone's just cause, or to make people laugh until they die, somethin important in my life."

"Do ya think I could become somethin like that Pop?"

Ranma smiled and patted his five-year olds back. "Just try to be, my son, a happy man."

His son smiled back seeing the warmth and understanding in his eyes.

"Ok Pop, I do just that!"

Ed Dennis

(Edited by Doug dennisud Dennis)