“I declare I don't know which of her three lovers she may not summon at the very last moment to act the part of bridegroom. I'm determined to be surprised at nothing; and will give her away with a good grace to whoever comes.”
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Don't you love it when kids start "getting" the humour in books that you, too enjoy? My sister was reading aloud to her crew from C.S. Lewis' The Silver Chair and this part got big laughs: “After that, the Head’s friends saw that the Head was no use as a head, so they got her made an inspector to interfere with other Heads. And when they found she wasn’t much good even at that, they got her into Parliament where she lived happily ever after.” Of course, reading can also give them ideas; one of the nieces is in the middle of Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan: “What?! They’re going to get married and they haven’t even met?! I would never do that!” Her 4 year old sister considers it: “Well, I know H...” (a boy in her Sunday School class) Six year old nephew, being quizzed on vocabulary: “Do you know what ‘apparent’ means?” “Yes, it means that you have a child.” Same nephew is adjusting to school in the time of COVID: “Hey Mom! Did you know you can use your mask as a slingshot?!?” One of the nephews- in high school- is quite popular with the girls, resulting in much teasing from his siblings. Of course, this can look a little different among pastors' kids: Nephew, being chaffed about a new girl: “I don’t have a girlfriend!” Older brother: “‘You are right... you have had five girlfriends and the one you have now is not your girlfriend.’” Found the generation gap... nephew is getting big laughs, telling his younger brothers Chuck Norris jokes such as: When he stops laughing, younger brother asks: “Who is Chuck Norris?” There's a pause. Older brother: “I don’t even know.”
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