This morning, like many mornings, William and Margaret brought me a pile of books to read to them in bed before getting up for the day. One of the books we read was "Let There Be Light: Bible Stories", illustrated by Jane Ray. William chose the Creation Story. The following is an accurate transcription of how story time went today!
HF: ...and God created the light and the darkness, the day and the night. Then God made heaven, you know - the Himmel, and the earth. Then God made the land and the water. Look Marga! Water! Look! The sun and the moon! Then plants! Look! Trees! Then fishes! Look! Fishies! And a shark! Who can find the shark? William, please don't point with your sword. I find that dangerous. You almost poked Marga in the face. Put the sword down.
Wm: Look Marga! A Jellyfish! Do you know what Jellyfish is in German?
HF: What is jellyfish in German?
Wm: Qualle. I saw a Qualle on Spongebob and it stung Spongebob and Patrick all over. That's why Qualle are bad. Are Qualle bad?
HF: Um, some jellyfish do sting. But they only do it to protect themselves. Okay, where were we? Then God made the birds. Look! Marga! Birdies! Buck-bucks!
Wm: No, that's not how it went.
HF: How did it go, then?
Wm: God made the dinosaurs and when they got dead, they BECAME birds.
HF: Well, that's right! Good thinking!
Wm: Why didn't the book say that, then?
HF: This book is just an overview. It explains only the basics. If it explained everything, like how God created evolution, or how God was able to think up and design the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the book would be very long and we would never get to Kindergarten on time. Okay, where were we? And then God created the creeping and crawling things. ...Marga? Where are you going? Marga?
Wm: She wants to go to school now. So do I. I am a pirate and I want to show my sword to my friends.
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Hilarious!
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