But at least it didn't have a giraffe on it...
From the kitchen she heard shouts coming from the back yard. "Mom! Mom! Come here! Come see!"
"Kate, I'm busy, what is it?" She answered.
"No, Mom, come look! There is a giraffe on the patio." Hearing that from a four year old merited wiping her hands with the dishrag and leaving the plate in sudsy water. Through the sliding glass doors she could see her daughter crouched on the cement steps, head bent with her blond hair walling in whatever it was she was examining.
"Where is the giraffe?"
Sitting up, her hair parted revealing her excited face and the giraffe, curled on the ground in front of her. "See, mom? It has those little antler things and spots on its back, just like in the pictures!"
"Oh Katie, that is a snail!"
(Sister and Mom, circa 1984)
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aaaaaaaaaw :') such innocence.
:P More like circa 1981 or 82! HA! That cracked me up when mom first told me that story! JJ has called snails giraffes ever since he heard it
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