Wednesday, April 20, 2016

The Cheery Conversationalist

Me: Too bad Jack's gotten to that stage where he likes to try to run to the road all the time.

Charlie: Yeah.

After some thought . . .

Charlie: If you and Grandma and Daddy and Cubby were all dead, and just Jack and I were alive, I would have to keep him from going into the road and getting runned over.

Me: Well, he's lucky to have so many people who can look out for him.

More thought . . .

Charlie: But what if I were dead too?

I had no answer to this.

A pause to ponder . . .

Charlie: Then I guess Jack would just go down to the road and get runned over and then the WHOLE FAMILY would be dead.

Right. Time to change the subject, Gloomy Gus.


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nothing like family togetherness---MIL, laughing hysterically

Daisy said...

If it's any consolation, kids this age don't truly understand that "dead" means dead. Unless, of course, they live on a farm where animals might be butchered...never mind.

So how about that clever Cubby! :)

Anonymous said...

Yay for altruistic Charlie wanting to save his brother. Always a good step in healthy family dynamics!

-moi