The other evening, we were driving home late from a day trip. The kids were wiped out in the back seat and Jeff and I were chatting about a situation we know of that has been heavy on our hearts recently.
In reply to something I'd brought up, he said, "That's like that passage that says, 'When your child asks for bread would you give him a Scorpion?'"
He couldn't remember the exact wording of the passage, but the principle was there, and was a perfect analogy for what we were discussing.
From the back seat, Judah says brightly, "I would like a scorpion! For a pet! Or a tarantula."
Oh, mercy.
Poor boy wants a pet of his own so badly.
Perhaps we'll need to be getting him a puppy sooner than we thought.
Somehow, caring for a puppy doesn't seem quite so bad in light of poisonous desert creatures living in our house. With us. With Judah as their caretaker and the ever present possibility of them escaping. Or inflicting injury on members of our household.
I wonder if we could talk him into a Pygmy goat?
2 comments:
Somehow I KNEW Judah would LIke a scorpion. Yes, you'd better get him a puppy. I suggest a small dog that has some brain power. Tiny little footprints that don't mess up your floor. About 9 inches tall. Kind of blondish. Longish ears, kinda resembles Bambi only in miniature. Sleeps a lot. I know someone who has one just like what you want.
Cute! I enjoy the funny things that children say.
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