Tuesday, July 03, 2012

NOT a pattern in the leaves

My almost-three-year-old was falling asleep in bed the other night and asked me to come lay beside her, which I did. It was dusk, and the maple tree outside her window nearly completely fills the view. She looked out the window and said quietly, "There's a ghost out there."

I didn't say anything, and she said it again. "I can see its eyes." She looked at me for a minute, then back out the window. "It's wearing glasses."

I said, "It's probably just a pattern in the leaves."

She said, "It's not a pattern in the leaves! I can see its eyes! I can see its glasses!"

"Do you want me to close the shades?"

"No."

Apparently it wasn't scary. I'm not sure what she was talking about. But she rolled over and said under her breath, "NOT a pattern in the leaves."

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