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Stubborn Prayers
Calvin and I had a rough night tonight, and he was angry when he went to bed. I asked if he would like to pray and ask God to help him get rid of the anger. He prayed, "Dear God, please help the anger to stay inside of me."
Hobbes piped in, "Dear God, please help the anger to go out of Calvin."
Calvin countered, "Dear God, please don't listen to Hobbes. Make the anger stay inside of me. I want to be angry forever, so just don't listen to Hobbes."
Thankfully, he decided that wasn't a good option, and he went to sleep having made up with me. I guess God listened to Hobbes.
Enjoying Life, Calvin Style
We were hiking at a local river the other day, and as we headed down to the water, Calvin said, "I am so pleased. Oh, I am so very pleased that we are at the river. This is such a wonderful place, isn't it?" He talks like this all the time, with very adult, literary turns of phrase.
Naked Exclamations
Calvin and Hobbes were spending the night at my in-laws' the other night. Auntie M was just leaving, and Grampa was in charge of bathtime. He was also downloading a computer game for them to play once the bath was over. Calvin ran out of the house, naked except for one sock, yelling, "Wait, Auntie M! Wait! I have to tell you something. The download is sixty-two percent complete!" Let me tell you, she was so very glad to know that before she left.
There are so many more that I can't remember right now. Maybe there will be another installment when my mind is working better. He may be impossible to handle sometimes, but I am learning more and more to just enjoy Calvin for who he is, brilliant, quirky mind and all.
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3 comments:
FYI, I'm giving you a shout-out with a Shakespeare quote. Your first Calvinism listed here made me think of these lines from the ol' Bard:
We ignorant of ourselves,
Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers
Deny us for our good; so find we profit
By losing of our prayers.
Wow, that's counterwill at its best. I have to confess, I really like it. Me and Calvin ought to hang out.
My nephew also talks like that, very literary phrases that come really naturally to him. He also has a bit of a speech thing so he sounds much younger than he is, so he comes off as a bit like Charles Wallace (?) in A Wrinkle in Time.
I really can't get over that Calvin really talks like that. Hilarious. You know, he should write a book.
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