The Noblesvillain

Mark tells a story

Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:36:25 PM (US Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

Two weekends ago Mark and I went to visit his mom as she was working at Conner Prairie. Since it was 94 degrees outside, we brought along some refreshing ice water and frozen blueberries. While we visited, we went to the barn to see the new cow and the big horses. On the way back we were distracted by chickens and a young girl feeding the chickens invited us into the hen house to see if Mark could find an egg.

In the hen house, Mark looked around, walked along the row of nesting boxes, and found a nice clean egg in the straw (I believe it was a 'plant' for a youngster to find) and picked up the egg. The three of us then headed into the farmhouse to put the egg someplace safe so it could turn into tomorrow's breakfast.

Mark, clutching the egg tightly in one hand, did very well making his way into the farmhouse. Unfortunately, about ten feet from the egg's destination his attention wandered and he dropped the egg. A tidy boy, he called attention to the 'messh' and it was promptly cleaned up (handy to have a slop bucket for such things if one has pigs around!).

The story is mostly unremarkable (will that pun ever loose its enjoyment?) except that before nap time, I asked Mark if he remembered seeing the chickens (the chickens took the top spot in this visit). He repeated 'chichen,' paused, said 'egg,' paused, and then 'messh.' He had repeated the sequence of steps of the afternoon's incident making his daddy proud--proud enough to pick up his pen and return to his blog.

Thursday, July 27, 2006 9:07:34 PM (US Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

No, sweetie, the egg was NOT a plant; our chickens really do lay them. :) And sometimes they DO end up being clean (a special treat). But we are prepared for them to get dropped and broken from time to time, and how cute was it when he told everyone about the mess???

The Mommy

Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:01:18 PM (US Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

The 'shickens' lay white eggs? I'll bet not. Looked like a plant (albeit an albluemen-filled one) to me.

The Noblesvillian

Monday, July 31, 2006 12:27:27 PM (US Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

"The story is mostly unremarkable (will that pun ever loose its enjoyment?)..."

I think it depends. Jenny? Will that pun ever lose its enjoyment?

Dr Chuck Pearson | chuck dot pearsonAT NOSPAMgmail dot com

Monday, July 31, 2006 4:42:07 PM (US Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

I think that pun will have lost its luster well before the boy reaches elementary school... by everyone except his father, who will faithfully use it even into his grandfatherly days.

The Thief

Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:04:02 PM (US Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

Well, i think it is cute. What a pleasant surprise to find a new post here! And what a great subject. Hope Mark's first story is written in his baby book or some such spot for posterity (now, is that the way that word is spelled? It doesn't look right but now it does and I am too lazy to look it up!) Thanks for writing!

Big Mama

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