She pulled the book out last night on our way to dinner.
"Mom? You know what a 'liger' is, right?"
Immediately I imagine Napoleon Dynamite. I shiver over the thought of my daughter bearing any similarities to him.
"I think so. But are ligers real?"
"What do you mean? Of course they're real! Look at this picture. It's just a lion and a tiger mixed together."
"Oh okay. I just didn't know they did that."
"Did what?"
"Had babies together."
"Hold on. I'll read more and see how they make babies together..."
I'm looking through the rear view mirror, watching her head move about 2 inches from the text.
"Well, mom. Bad news. They don't say anything about how to make a liger. BUT, I think I know..."
"Really? Tell me."
"Well, the liger in this picture is standing in snow. And I don't think tigers or lions usually live where it's snows."
"I think you're right. So what does that mean?"
"It means... ligers are rare because they are only made when a tiger and a lion go on vacation."
4 comments:
The "birds and the bees" part I....if going on vacation makes baby ligers, then....I can just see a lion and a tiger in the Arctic on a romantic getaway! Oh to be a child again. So sweet!
ML
The liger spring break baby. Big Cats Gone Wild.
OMG that was just too funny. I am reading this at work and jut laughed out loud. Thanks!
I LOVE it! I can see the new PSA posters at my job now..."Avoid ligers...don't go on vacation!"
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