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The Great One

My last few blogs have been a bit Eeyorish. Woe, woe, woe. Enough woe. We need some happy. My aunt and I were talking yesterday and we were laughing so hard about a little exchange we had with little man a few months ago.

We (AE, KB (AE's pal), JG and I) were riding with my aunt. We were at a stoplight and across the intersection there was a large motor home with "Denali" across the front.

My aunt always wanting to share knowledge with the children tells about Denali National Park in Alaska she asks the kids, "Denali. Does anyone know what Denali means?"

Silence. Complete cricket silence from the backseat.

"It means The Great One," my aunt answers her own question. "Does anyone know what famous mountain is located in Denali National Park?"

Again silence.

Finally KB takes a stab at it. "Mount Rushmore?"

"No, honey. That is in South Dakota, but good guess," my aunt responds. "AE, JG do you know?"

Yet again silence.

From the back seat my son's little voice asks, "Mountain Dew?"

The correct answer was Mount McKinley.

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bobbione8y said…
honestly, kids are smarter and more creative than most of us adults ever get to be!

good answer, little man.
8:55 AM
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