Rational as an Animal



I'm a bear!

Lil' Monster's favorite activity is to play "animals." Everyday he assigns us each a different animal to be for the day:

horse,

big horn sheep,

rabbit,

frog,

snake.

 Every times he gets in trouble he turns into a sweet little

fluffy cat -

who possibly couldn't do anything wrong - right?

When he wants to assert his dominance:

a bull or billy-goat-gruff.

When he is feeling adventurous:

a bird -

oh the nightmares this Mamma has as he goes jumping off things.

When he eats:

a pig

(Thanks to a "Christmas Story"),

drinks: 

a dog

You get the picture right?

The other day during homeschool, Lil' Monster and I were learning about animals.

We learned that animals:

live.

move.

reproduce.

after we finished reading, we discussed:

Mamma: Are we animals?

quick as a fox L'M replied: No.

Mamma: Well,... People live. People move. People reproduce.

L'M: hmmmmm. (thoughtful as an owl) Are we animals?

Mamma:Yes.

L'M: Really!!! (giddy as a goat)

         What animal are we? (buzzing with delight)

Mamma: We are Human Beings.

L'M (curious as a cat): Human Beings? What is that?

                 Mamma: That is the name of animal we are called. Just like cats are called cats, even though we might give them a name like "Co-co" or "Fluffy."

He was tickled as a tiger with this new information.  

Being an animal, named a Human Being was strongly imprinted on him
(pun intended).

Later that day, while shopping Mr Elskan and Lil' Monster were talking turkey when Lil' Monster said:

  Pabbi, we are animals!

Mr. Elskan: Really? What Kind?

 (I am sure he was thinking of Lil' Monster's typical response: billy goats, cats, moose)

L'M: Human Being!! (Proud as a peacock I am sure!)

Mr. Elskan:Yes, you are right. We are rational animals.

L'M (stubborn as a mule): NO! WE AREN'T!

Mr. Elskan: You're probably right.