Scary!

Yesterday the woman I tutor brought her two boys by the house for a brief visit. As soon as they got out of the van, the three-year-old pointed at the irises, which had begun to bloom this week, and announced loudly, "The flowers are scary!"

He didn't sound particularly scared, but he insisted the flowers were scary. When I asked him why, he said, "They look like an owl."

I am not sure why he thought they looked like an owl or why  owls are scary. But he cheerfully went into the house and enjoyed his visit. When they were walking out the front door, he pointed to one of the irises again and said, "Flower!"

Kids! Ya gotta love 'em, but who can understand 'em?