I can usually find Little Bee playing with an assortment of fuzzy stuffed animals and don't usually pay much attention to it, but today as I was sitting on the couch with Obie I overheard a conversation she was having with her stuffed friends.
Evidently they were gathering around a campfire, which she represented with a small blue plate. She put each animal beside it and whispered to herself what it was doing. Things like "Freckles is going to make marshmallows" or "Sondra's baby kitty is sitting by the fire" or "Then all the Petshops came". She placed each of them around the fire and whispered them their duties or instructions. Then she took the giraffe and said, "You go ON the campfire!"
She had no idea I was listening in until I laughed out loud at her. She looked up inocently and gave me a big goofy grin. "Why does the giraffe have to go on the fire, Bee?" I asked.
"He's been naughty. He stole stuff and he gets a punishment," she told me.
"I'll bet he's sorry, though isn't he," I asked, hoping for a little good will towards this pilfering animal. "Shouldn't we forgive him?"
"Umm, no," came her reply. "He needs to get burnt."
2 comments:
I love it!
Chickie plays with her barbies and other assorted people (dollhouse people, McDonald's people, etc) exactly the same way. Its so fun to listen!
Oh my! This made me laugh out loud. And I just continued to laugh to spite the pain, it was worth it. How funny!
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