Caleb: "Cows have FOUR stomachs. That's why they are chewing ALL the time."
Mom: "Who told you this?"
Joseph: "Did Beothan tell you about this?"
Caleb (nonchalantly, almost as if he didn't care to acknowledge it): "Beothan's Mom."
He then went on to describe the process of how it moves from one stomach to another...well, you know.
During a lull, I piped in, "I can't wait to tell Beothan's Mom. I'm sure she will be tickled to know you LEARNED something from HER!"
Without missing a beat he looks right at me and say, "DON'T TELL!"
HA! I looked right back at him and said, "I am making no agreement with that. You cannot bind me to that."
So, without further ado, Beothan's Mom: CALEB LEARNED SOMETHING FROM YOU!!! :)
oh, i am indeed tickled! what an honour! and i'm happy caleb chose to regale you with the "chewing cud" portion of our conversation and not the "recurring bouts of excessive flatulence" portion... all of which took place over lunch... you know, it's possible my hobbitlings and i MIGHT not be the best examples of table etiquette...
ReplyDelete(by the way, for any of your blog readers who are bovine enthusiasts, i did mention that the four "stomachs" were actually big chambers of one very big stomach, but we did not stress the technicality. we were far too busy celebrating the reality of regurgitation and deglutition. it's gloriously disgusting! :)