July 1, 2018
The education of my daughter into the ways of the world continues…
Julia: I went outside and Rory was very actively licking something out in the yard. I went over, and saw that he had caught a rabbit.
Me: And he was licking it?
Julia: Licked it to death, apparently. It was all stiff and wide-eyed. That’s when I called Mom.
Me: At work? What did she say?
Julia: She told me to go get a shovel, and throw the rabbit away. We’d deal with it later.
Me: Okay
Julia: So I got the shovel, but when I went to scoop it up, the rabbit jumped up and ran away!
Me: Ooooh. You used the Shovel of Resurrection!
Julia: No. I think it was just playing dead.
Me: Incidentally, do NOT use that thing in a cemetery.
Julia: Dad…
Me: You won’t like the results.