Monday, January 11, 2010

Reading, writing and its consequences.

After finishing a tour of the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab.

N: I want to write all about this in my journal.

Mom: That's a great idea. What do you think you will write about?

N: That dolphins know sign language and are smarter than you think.

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N: Dad, let's play "Little House in the Big Woods." *

Dad: O.K. How do we play?

N: Well, I'm Pa and you're Mary, Laura and Ma.

Dad: Uh. That sounds kind of hard.

N: Well, that's the way it's done. Now go into the cosy house and I'll go kill the pig.

* Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House in the Big Woods. Harper Collins, New York, NY, 3rd edition 1971.
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5 comments:

kungfuramone said...

N is so authoritative! THAT'S THE WAY IT'S DONE.

Kelly said...

you know you're crossed the boundary into professional-historian-land when you provide citations for your 5 year old :)

noncoupable said...

wow! Funny how she chose to be Pa and go kill a pig... what would the local vegan groups say? ;-)

Nick Mullins said...

Let me just add that it's really difficult to play the roles of three women at once. Natasha demands a lot of us as thespians.

Adva Ahava said...

So freakin' adorable!