Mommy:What did you learn at Sunday School? A.:A whale swallowed a person. Mommy:Oh, and what was his name? A.:I don’t know. Mommy:You don’t? A.:No. [Pause] But God told him to go to Nineveh.
Evidently in a 3-year old’s mind, Nineveh is much higher on the retention scale, or just more fascinating, than Jonah. Toy marketers, pay attention.
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If A. said this in Oct. of 2006, then I was SO in her extended session class that morning teaching her this! (I have a weird memory.) I am so impressed that she remembered this much. The kid next to her (first name is a common hotel name, last name is the place we meet in the church...not the sanctuary, not the P-tree Room...) argued with me until I gave in that this man's name was Noah. Noah built an ark, but fell out of the boat, and a whale ate him because he was mad that Noah didn't put him on the boat. But he was spit out, and then there was a rainbow. And if the argument wasn't enough, the boy pointed at his Bible and said, "It's in there, so it's true." Enough said.
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If A. said this in Oct. of 2006, then I was SO in her extended session class that morning teaching her this! (I have a weird memory.) I am so impressed that she remembered this much. The kid next to her (first name is a common hotel name, last name is the place we meet in the church...not the sanctuary, not the P-tree Room...) argued with me until I gave in that this man's name was Noah. Noah built an ark, but fell out of the boat, and a whale ate him because he was mad that Noah didn't put him on the boat. But he was spit out, and then there was a rainbow. And if the argument wasn't enough, the boy pointed at his Bible and said, "It's in there, so it's true." Enough said.
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