“You know, Mamma, there is a tree outside my classroom window”, my six year old began. “Today, there was a woodpecker on the tree, and the poor woodpecker had got wet in the rain.”
I was sure I didn’t wanted get into discussing purchasing rain-wear for creatures for the monsoons, so tried to change the subject. “And how did you know the woodpecker got caught in the rain”, I asked.
“Because his hair was wet, and it had become spiky and was all standing up”, he said.
Duh!
How could I have been so dumb as to not know that?
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A drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.
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18 comments:
So when caught in the rain, woodpeckers turn into punk rockers?
Rayna - I love child-logic! Thanks for sharing this : ). How beautifully descriptive, too.
Haha, oh, your kids crack me up. Even more than other people's kids, actually, so either your kids are funnier or their mother is a better storyteller than most I encounter. I suspect it is a combination :)
Ha ha, woodpeckers were punk before punk was in style!
Woodpeckers have a great style, and it's not subject to humidity. I'm jealous.
@ Diane - apparently they do!!!
@ Margot- it is a perfect description, come to think of it.
@ Cruella- *laughs* I guess I am a more faithful documentorian (is that even a word?).
Or maybe because they get the response they want, my kids aren't scared to say what they think.
@ Debra- absolutely. Maybe that is where they got their ideas from - the punk rockers, I mean. Even the beat could be the right one.
@ Lydia - I am pretty jealous of their well groomed look too.
That is so cute!! Kids are the best. I wish I'd written down all the clever things my kids came up with when they were little. My mom told me to but I never had time. I was too busy raising them.
Your kids are just too cute!
I love your kids and your drabbles!
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Woodpunkers! I like it.
I love the connections kids make! Love it :)
Such lovely drabbles, you are very good at these, Thanks for sharing.
Yvonne.
I love this; I love the views of a child. Their insight is so keen~
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How could you not have known that. Amazing child logic isn't it. Too sweet and precious for words really.
When we see the world through the eyes of a child, it helps us put things in perspective. Just found your site through Barbara and Deb's site. Love it, thanks.
Aw. children just see the world perfectly. And who is to say they are wrong? I think that is exactly why woodpeckers have spiky hair! Love these drabbles by the way. :)
@ KarenG- I used to keep a journal for the kids, but now that I have started blogging, I have been neglecting that. Must take a back up, though, just in case.
@ Dipali- I have to agree. Not sure if all kids are cute or not, but these two are.
@ Jan- thank you for the Award, Jan.
@ Alex- that's a nice image, isn't it?
@ Jemi- they are so cued in, it makes them seem almost delusional.
@ Yvonne - thank you.
@ Ellie- kids are amazing, aren't they? And thank you.
@ Ann- made me feel really stupid, it did!
@ Theres just life- thanks for visiting. And yes, nobody understands perspective as much as kids do.
@ Jayne- oh no, they are perfectly right. Those spikes couldn't have come otherwise.
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