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.
(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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