"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes, The rest sit 'round it and pluck blackberries."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

On the Way to the Car

Says E: Mom, there's a bug in the backyard. Will you come see if it's a good bug or a bad bug?
Mom... looking, and wondering if I should get out something used for smacking purposes: Oh, that's just two flies... repopulating the world.
E (in a very serious tone): Yes, they are making the world a more beautiful place.

2 comments:

nielsons*love*family said...

the words "fly" and "beautiful" should never be used in the same sentence...you need to explain that to her before someone else tells her the truth! LOL!!

Mrs. Poff said...

OH the minds of children...they have a way of making sense out of things that don't make sense to them.