reflections on daddy-hood and other random things

Monday, October 02, 2006

Nineveh and Some Guy

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.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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.