The other day, the boys and I made up a truly bizarre story, one that somehow ended up having a rather obvious moral. I decided to take advantage of the situation.<\/p>\n
“That was cool,” I said. ”It even had a moral. Anyone know what the moral of the story was?”<\/p>\n
“What’s a moral?” my oldest asked.<\/p>\n
“It’s the lesson the story teaches.”<\/p>\n
“Yeah,” his little brother said. “Like the Lion King.”<\/p>\n
“Okay,” I said. “Let’s go with that. What are the lessons from the Lion King?”<\/p>\n
They looked at each other blankly, then my oldest’s face brightened. “Oh yeah, oh yeah! If someone tells you you killed someone, don’t believe them.”<\/p>\n
I couldn’t help myself. I laughed.<\/p>\n
“No, no.” he said. “It’s don’t believe your… uh, don’t believe your-”<\/p>\n
“Uncle?” I asked.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, it’s don’t believe your uncle!”<\/p>\n
“Can’t argue with that.” I said.<\/p>\n
“No,” his younger brother interrupted. “It’s don’t get into a stampede.”<\/p>\n
“Wow,” I said. “The Lion King teaches a lot of lessons.”<\/p>\n
“Yep,” my oldest agreed. “It sure does.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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