In colin linden's "lucky charm," after going to the emporium with his father every week for eight years, the speaker cannot go because he has to play in a football game. how does his father react? he grounds his son and tells them that if he can't go to the emporium with him, then he can't go to the football game, either. he smacks his son across the face and then instantly regrets it. he goes by himself, and they never go together again. he goes to his son's football game instead.