1. Several years ago, I returned home from a trip just when a
storm hit with crashing thunder and severe lightning. As I
came into my bedroom about 2 a.m., I found my two children in
bed with my wife, apparently scared by the loud storm. I
resigned myself to sleep in the guest bedroom that night. The
next day, I talked to the children, and explained that it was
okay to sleep with Mom when the storm was bad, but when I was
expected home, please don't sleep with Mom that night. They
said okay. After my next trip several weeks later, my wife and
the children picked me up in the terminal at the appointed
time. Since the plane was late, there were hundreds of other
folks waiting for their arriving passengers, also. As I
entered the waiting area, my son saw me, and came running
shouting, "Hi, Dad! I've got some good news!" As I waved back,
I said loudly, "What's the good news?" "Nobody slept with
Mommy while you were away this time!" Alex shouted. The
airport became very quiet, as everyone in the waiting area
looked at Alex, then turned to me, and then searched the rest
of the area to see if they could figure out exactly who his
Mom was.
2. An acquaintance of mine who is a physician told this story
about her then 4 year old daughter. On the way to preschool,
the doctor had left her stethoscope on the car seat, and her
little girl picked it up and began playing with it. 'Be still,
my heart', thought my friend, 'my daughter wants to follow in
my footsteps!' Then the child spoke into the instrument:
"Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?"
3. A certain little girl, when asked her name, would reply,
"I'm Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter." Her mother told her this was
wrong, she must say, "I'm Jane Sugarbrown." The Vicar spoke to
her in Sunday School, and said, "Aren't you Mr. Sugarbrown's
daughter?" She replied, "I thought I was, but mother says I'm
not."