Monday, May 16, 2011

Another Tiny Insight

Mabel:  Who's that man, Mommy?


(I look up at the news on TV.)


Me:  That's Osama Bin Laden.

Mabel:  Why is his beard like that?

Me:  I don't know.

Mabel:  Who is he?

Me:  Well, he was a bad man. He hurt a lot of people. But he's dead now.

Mabel:  What did he do?

Me:  He told people to fly planes into some buildings.

Mabel:  Whoa. That's bad. People go in buildings.

Me:  Yep, there were people in the buildings when the planes flew into them. And now those people's families are sad.


Mabel stares at the TV for a moment. The story is about Osama's wives.


Mabel:  Is that Ursula's mommy?

Me:  No, that was one of Osama's wives.

Mabel:  Wives?

Me:  Yes, when people get married to someone else, the woman usually becomes the 'wife'.


long pause.


Mabel:  Are you Daddy's wife?

Me:  Sometimes. I mean yes, I am.

Mabel:  Where's Ursula's mommy?

Me:  I don't know where Osama's mommy is.

Mabel:  You shouldn't hurt people. His Mommy would have told him that. That's his problem.

Me:  Well, he had a LOT of problems Mabes.

Mabel: Yeah! (laughing hysterically) That BEARD! (laughs. rolls on floor with legs in the air.) I'm Ursula and this is my BEARD!!


(At this point there is a brief detour in the conversation where Mabel talks about poo and specifically, how Osama's beard is a poo-beard).


Mabel:  I wouldn't hurt people like Ursula. I think maybe his mommy is dead and he's with her now and she's giving him a time out.

Me:  Maybe Mabes.

Mabel:  But then she's hugging him. Because you have to forgive people.

Me:  That's a good idea Mabes. Who told you that?

Mabel: Nobody.



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