I’m lying beside Miss M reading a quick bed time story before she snuggles down to sleep. As usual it’s one of Miss M’s favourites, ‘The Little Mermaid.’ As I turn the page to find Ariel ensconced in a scary pink dress even Barbara Cartland would have turned her nose up at, Miss M turns her grey brown eyes towards me then returns her gaze to the book in a way that tells me she is about to speak. She traces her small finger over the pink monstrosity then lays it softly over her stomach.
Miss M: ”Does Ariel have Melody in her tummy there?”
Me: “No, I don’t think so M. She has Melody when she’s older, when she’s with Prince Eric.”
Miss M: ”Well she might be just a little bean in her tummy.”
Me: ”Erm, she might be…”
Miss M: ”She is Mummy. She’s a little bean on a table in her tummy.”
Me: ”Is she??”
Miss M: ”Yes.”
Hmmmmm. So that’s why giving birth hurts so much. It’s not the baby, but the table with all the pointy corners and the legs. Tsk. They should do something about that.
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April 1st, 2009 at 4:39 pm
I love the way her mind works.
April 1st, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Is that Aerial’s baby? I was just wondering because she seems to have webbed fingers.
April 1st, 2009 at 5:07 pm
PS. I haven’t had that URL you have for me in your blogroll for over a year….
April 1st, 2009 at 5:31 pm
it felt like i was giving birth to a table! it was a food-poisoned table, too, because i threw up after.
was that too much? it was too much, wasn’t it. i texted you today. from schmesco. i think it got lost in the ether, or whatever it is cellphones use. cheese?
April 1st, 2009 at 6:34 pm
How sweet!
April 1st, 2009 at 7:18 pm
A table?!!!
That is funny.
April 1st, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Well mine were born with the brown, but I just know it was the world’s biggest rugby ball.
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:05 am
Cute little kid. I thought you were going to tell us that she wanted a scary pink dress just like the one in the book. Phew!
April 2nd, 2009 at 1:04 am
You have such a creative little girl.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:08 am
I thought babies floated in a pool of milk surrounded by waterlilies. I was quite young at the time.
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:05 am
I’ll never forget the day when d#1 asked me where babies come from. She was only 3 but steadfastly refused to fall for the “out of the belly button” thing. “Well” I told her “y’know where your wee come out of? Round about there. There’s another special hole.” Thought that would be enough information. “Out of your bum?” she cried in delight “Daddy, me and Zak came out of mummy’s bum” Oh dear, I have since learnt not to be quite so evasive with her. Anyway, she knows all about “paginas” now, her little friend supplied the details last week.
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:59 am
Ariel has a baby?
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:37 am
Prince Eric? Ha! I know nothing about these stories – and, well, that’s a bit of a relief – but crikey, Eric is the best name for a Prince ever.
April 2nd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Hahahaha. I love your mad photoshop skillz. Hahahahaha.
And yeah, I’m CERTAIN that there was a table in there too…
April 5th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
yup….it’s the table. that part sucks!