I was listening to Peyton read this morning. She was reading an assessment book that tells the story of several animals going into a little house. A skunk comes along and goes into the house as well, sending all of the other animals out of the house. As Peyton summarized the story, she was telling what each animal in the story did. When she got to the skunk she giggled a little and averted my gaze. What did she find so funny? "Well, once the skunk farted none of the other animals wanted to stay in the house." Now I was giggling, too. "How do you know the skunk farted?" I asked. She thought about it and said, "Well, that's what skunks do. They make things stink and nothing stinks more than a fart." I could have told her right then that skunks actually spray and it is an important part of their defense system that protect the skunks from harm, but it is so much more fun knowing that this precocious little 6 year old girl believes that the horrible smell skunks make is simply gas!
I was listening to Peyton read this morning. She was reading an assessment book that tells the story of several animals going into a little house. A skunk comes along and goes into the house as well, sending all of the other animals out of the house. As Peyton summarized the story, she was telling what each animal in the story did. When she got to the skunk she giggled a little and averted my gaze. What did she find so funny? "Well, once the skunk farted none of the other animals wanted to stay in the house." Now I was giggling, too. "How do you know the skunk farted?" I asked. She thought about it and said, "Well, that's what skunks do. They make things stink and nothing stinks more than a fart." I could have told her right then that skunks actually spray and it is an important part of their defense system that protect the skunks from harm, but it is so much more fun knowing that this precocious little 6 year old girl believes that the horrible smell skunks make is simply gas!
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