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Monday, December 08, 2003 Tidbits on the Kidbits

After baths tonight, the children and I sat down to watch The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride. Near the beginning, Simba, predictably, was telling his daughter Kiara not to wander too far and to stay on the path he marked for her. Now, I recommend you pay close attention here, and learn what not to tell a 5-year-old.

Logan: “He didn’t mark a path for her!”

Me: “Actually, he probably did. Remember how lions mark their territory?”

Logan: “...???...”

Me: “You know, they pee on the borders and important parts of their territories so that everyone else knows who it belongs to.”

Logan: “You mean they can tell whose pee it is?”

Me: “Yep. Lions can, but um, humans can’t.”

Logan: Man, I wish I could pee on the floor.”

Me: “Well, I’m glad you don’t.” [and I’d better not catch you trying it, either]

Logan: ”I wish I could, because then when anyone comes from outside, they’d smell the pee and keep away.”

Me: ”So, you don’t want any of your friends to come over?”

Logan: “Well, if a friend comes, they’ll smell the pee and keep away, and then we look out the window and say, ‘Come on, it’s only for people who think it’s an empty house!’”