Your heart must ever cherish; some faith at any cost.
Some hope, some dream to cling to; some rainbow in the sky;
Some melody to sing to. Some service that is high.
-Harriet Du Autermont
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Some children hold onto blankets; some hold onto binkies; or other things. Our Little Man holds onto lion.
Lion is a sweet stuffed animal that was given to us as a present almost 9 years ago, before my first son was born. It had a little button inside that when pressed said in the cutest little voice:
Let's go to the zoo!
There's lots to see and do.
Lion's, tigers, elephants and bears.
Even a monkey with some banana to share.
Our oldest son never really took to lion. He had other interests. But, lion became the Little Man 's everything. He is such a part of almost all that we do, my wife and I actually refer to him as our fourth child.
[House Secret: Lion has been to Disney World; but our youngest has not !].
We have spent many frantic nights ripping the house apart trying to find the lost stuffed lion -- with the Little Man yelling "WHERE IS THE LION?" We actually once purchased a spare lion -- which the Little Man rejected outright.
As you can imagine, over 9 years lion has gone through quite a lot of wear and tear. A dip in the toilet here, a drop in a mud puddle there-- and he has developed such a distinct [rancid] smell that I now jokingly refer to him as "Stinky Pete."
Okay. Now I must come clean. That is not a picture of lion. That is a picture of another lion I found on the Internet. Below is a picture of what lion looks like today-- like 5 minutes ago. I had to wrestle lion out of the Little Man's hands just to take this photo.
WARNING: THE IMAGE YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS GRAPHIC IN NATURE AND IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
I WARNED YOU!
I literally just BAHAHA'd. Oh, Lion. Poor poor Lion. And of course you can't purchase a spare lion. My parents tried to pull the same thing with Woah Woah, who was a frog (obviously, and I wanted nothing to do with replacement Woah Woah.
ReplyDeleteWe are really close sewing the remainder of lion onto the new lion. We haven't yet since we're afraid he might reject it. What ever happened to Woah Woah?
DeleteThat's so funny. I scrolled down and saw the pictures before I read the post. (Well, you're the one who put up yellow police tape, what did you expect.) I thought "the dog" had got Lion. Nope, just the normal wear and tear of 9 years. Lion still looks very clean, actually.
ReplyDeleteYes, lion is very, very loved. He goes in the washing machine frequently. But we can't get rid of that stench!
DeleteAhahahahaaaa. Poor Lion, that is so funny. Weirdly his mane looks almost new.
ReplyDeleteLOL!! I never noticed that about the mane. His hair is doing better then mine!
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