'Did you know King Edward had a whipping boy?' asked The Noise, looking up from her homework.
'Yes, I did', I answered, as patiently as it is possible for someone who has been through this comprehension on Henry Vlll's son four times already with previous occupants of Year 4.
'What does r-e-i-g-n mean?'
'Reign. It means to rule.'
'You mean like rule the country?'
'Yes'
'Well how could he do that when he was only nine years old? I'm nine years old and I'm not a princess'.
'But your father's not a king'.
The rest of this lot, to a man, answered:
'He just thinks he is'.
Looks like they've got the measure of you, mate.
17 comments:
Tell her there's a lot better things to be than a princess! When I think of them I'll let you know.
Thanks for the kind comment, Jackie.
:-Daryl
Tell her there's a lot better things to be than a princess! When I think of them I'll let you know.
Thanks for the kind comment, Jackie.
:-Daryl
Out of the mouths of babes....
Does he read this blog? Might not do him any harm. ;0)
You are presumably an expert on King Edward now eh?
Ready for"Are you smarter than a 5th grader?"
I 've got an award for you on my blog.Happy Mother 's day
Did you know you've had a mention in The Telegraph today? Weekend section, article on mother's who blog - you've been listed as recommended! Very exiting x
Happy Mother's Day!! God bless you!!
Of all the blogs mentioned in the article by Tamsin Kelly on Mum's the Wired World, yours is the most interesting to look at. Can you write a poem for my business blog, Cambridge Cluster http://cambridgecluster.com/? YOu could do a guest post. Any other ideas to liven up geeks in a cluster?
That's one smart lot you've got!
ooh that was a lot of catch up reading I had to do, but as always brilliant!!
I just found you here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/main.jhtml?xml=/education/2008/05/10/fabloggerslist.xml.
Congratulations !
Ha ha.I hope he doesn't read this blog. Sometimes it's better/safer to be blissfully ignorant. Surely.
That is priceless. :-)
How funny! Happy Mother's Day!!!
They've got him sussed!
Verily, a princely post!
Too cute, and sagely pointed out by David. :)
Haha! Now that is funny!
Over from David's. :)
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