We put up many signs last Saturday.
I found a praying mantis in the yard yesterday, but didn't have my camera to share. It's body was about 2/3rds the length of my index finger. I only saw it as it rushed across the trail I was walking, undoubtedly to avoid my footfall. It was green as a fresh blade of grass, and when it wasn't holding still, it swayed like a leaf blowing gently in the breeze.
Playing the "Animal Game" with Arthur this morning, he said:
"My a'mal has two bumps on it's back."
"Is it a camel?"
"Yes!"
"Arthur, do you know why camel's have bumps on their backs?"
Smiling, benignly, Arthur spreads his hands and cheerily replies "Because they're camels!"
4 comments :
Ya gotta love Arthur's logic! Too cute for words.
Mom
You didn't ask him if he knows the difference between a boy camel and a girl camel? Margy told Mom and me the distinction when she was about seven years old: "boy camels have one bump and girl camels have two!"
I didn't know we even had mantis's, manti - whatever, in western Wasthington. I found one once in Pullman, but never on this side of the mountains. They are cool creatures.
Tom.
I thought my two-hump explanation was very logical. I am pretty sure the two-humped camel we saw at the zoo that day was a girl as she had a pink bow in her hair, so there!
MC
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