Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Inquisitive

As I am pulling Lily in the wagon, back from the park:


Lily (chanting): "Ollie's dead, Ollie's dead!"
Me: "Oh, Lily. We don't say someone is dead if they really aren't."
Lily: "But we say Jesus died?"
Me: "Umm, yes. But he came back to life."
Lily: "Can he come to our house?"
Me: "Well, we can't see Jesus."
Lily: "Why?"
Me: "Well, he doesn't have legs and arms like us."
Lily: "But does he have shoulders?"

I choose just to be silent. A few moments later,

Lily: "Mom, what are heads for?"
Me: "To hold our brain."
Lily: "What are brains for?"
Me: "For thinking."
Lily: "What are chins for?"
Me: "No more questions, Lily."

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