Monday, November 1, 2010

Strange Bed Time Conversations

Every night I talk to Anya about something. Sometimes I co-tell a story with her which is basically mad-libs for the lazy dad.
Dad: "Once upon a time..."
Anya: "There were girls named ANYA AND CORA!"
Dad: "And the went to..."
Anya: "The ZOO!"...
Etc...
Or I tell her about three things (usually animals)
Or I let her ask 3 questions, which is usually just her making very strange pronouncements of fact.
Tonight was a three questions pronouncement of facts sort of night. I was amazed at some of the thoughts running through her head. These things (and others) were actually said by my child:
"Sharks eat fish, and they eat seals, and but seals can go on land, and but sharks can't because they can't walk on the beach, because they have fins not flippers, and so people have to help sharks get on to the beach, and sharks aren't leopards even though they have teeth."

Then she asked about dogs:
Dad: "Well dogs and people have been friends for a very long time. There didn't used to be dogs, there where just wolves who became friends with people. The people would feed the wolves and the wolves would protect people and then they became friends."
Anya: "And the Wolves would protect people from animals with teeth. Bears have teeth and bears are real. And did they protect us from foxes?"
Dad: "Well foxes are pretty small, so probably not foxes so much."
Anya: "But bears, and Leopards? and Dinosaurs!?"
Dad: "Well not dinosaurs, because people and dinosaurs never lived together."
Anya: "And dinosaurs all died because a rock fell on their heads. You protected the bald eagles."
Dad: "Well people protected bald eagals not me really"
Anya: "But no one was there to protect the dinosaurs. But foxes have teeth and Leopards have teeth and all cats have teeth to eat things like cat food, and other food."
Etc etc...

I must say I get a HUGE kick out of talking to this kid at night. It's really sad that she begs every night now to let mom put her to bed instead of me.

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