A small monkey
Lillian Schaelling proudly presents Conversation 5607...
While on our cruise last week - which I'm going to post about, I swear - Erik was joking about our river guides because every time they pointed out an animal, it would disappear. At dinner tonight, it came up and he said, "Oh look: a monkey! Oops. It's gone." Lillian looked very excitedly in the direction he pointed. Here's what happened next:
Lily: A MONKEY!!! It's over there!
Me: Really? There's a monkey?
Lily: It's coming over here. IT'S ON THE TABLE!!! (She was very excited.)
Erik: Where's a monkey? I don't see one.
Lily: He's right here (pointing to the table by her plate). He's a small monkey.
Me: Oh...a small monkey. OK.
Lily - wacking the table where the monkey was supposed to be standing: I squished him!!
She looks at her hand. Then she rubs it with her other hand and says...
Lily: I CAN'T GET HIM OFF!!! HE'S STUCK!!!
I about fell off my chair. Who knew the kid had such a good imagination?!?!?
Ah, well, we traveled quite a lot while you were gone. We saw penguins in Tierra del Fuego and kangaroos in Australia as we sailed our boat (the play apparatus in the park) to distant lands. Usually she would invite the penguins to come to Australia with us and they would sit on her lap in the swing until she told them to fly away. Oh, and the tree in the park had a koala. Give her a theme, she'll write you a story!