Lately, we have been reading a book called, "Sam and the Firefly." In a nut, it's about an owl named Sam, who befriends a firefly named Gus and teaches Gus how he can write in the nighttime sky with his light. Gus, ever the miscreant, then uses this newfound skill to wreak all sorts of chaos, such as causing cars to crash and airplanes to collide.
Sam is horrified as he witnesses this spectacle, and he lets Gus know it. To this, Gus replies, "Let me be, you old hoot, you old owl."
In the end, Gus does something good with his firelight writing in the sky, and so the meaning is he's learned that it's better to use this talent for good than for bad.
We figured that would be the message that Nathaniel, our nearly 3-year-old, would have gotten, too.
Yesterday, as I was driving him and Isaiah home, Nathaniel began screaming. These were ear-splitting shrieks, uttered for no other reason than to annoy Daddy. I asked him to stop. He let forth with another screech. I told him to stop. He shrieked again, and then hurled at me: "I will scream if I want to. Let me be, you old Daddy!"
Wonder where he got that from?
For good measure, Natty Lou underscored his resistance to authority by screaming again, even louder than before. And, for the first time, I pulled the car over with a screeching halt, turned around, glared at him and told him if he didn't stop, he'd sit in that car for a long, long time.
He got that message. At least for now, my words carry more weight than a book.
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This was so funny that I had to chase Rob down and read it to him. And that Nathaniel is a smart boy b/c he really got you where it hurts.."Old Daddy!" lol
Just wait, soon all kinds of things you never thought you would say will come out of your mouth. Next thing you know you'll be offering him a knuckle sandwich and telling him to shut his piehole!
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