This is a conversation, of sorts, that I had with Noah a while back. I still find myself laughing at it so I thought I would share, it went something like this:
Noah: I think koalas are really cute.
Mom: I do too.
Noah: Can we get one someday?
Mom: No, we wouldn't be able to take care of it properly, especially since eucalyptus leaves are it's favorite food.
Noah: They eat leaves? I didn't know that, but we could play with it and pet it and take it places with us.
Mom: You know Noah, even though koalas are cute they actually are very very mean and would probably bite you.
Noah: Why would they bite me? Could I throw them a ball?
Mom: Why would you throw a koala a ball?
Noah: So we could play fetch! (Noah is getting a bit frustrated at this point.)
Mom: Koalas don't like to play fetch.
Noah: They eat leaves, don't like to play fetch....well, could it sleep in my room with me like Buddy does sometimes?
Mom: Why would you want a mean animal to sleep in your room with you? They would rather sleep in a tree?
Noah: A tree!?! Koalas don't sleep in trees!
Mom: Yes they do.
Noah: No they don't! And yes they do like playing fetch and sleeping with me!
Mom: Noah, I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just trying to teach you a little bit about koalas and trust me, you wouldn't want one as a pet.
Noah: Other people have Koala's as pets, I've seen them!
Mom: Are we talking about the same thing? (I'm getting frustrated now.)
Noah: Yes, the koala DOGS that ARE cute, DON'T eat leaves and LIKE to play fetch.
Mom: OHHHH, you mean a chihuahua.
Noah: Yes, that is what I said the first time a chi-Wa-La
Mom: Yes, Noah a chi-wa-la would make a fine pet.
Noah: Why are you laughing? It's not funny!!
Mom: Yes, it really is.
Noah: So can we get one?
1 comment:
Silly Mom! Everybody knows Chiwala's (like he said in the first place...) are great pets! Of course, I think Smudgy would be able to knock one out with one blow. And you'd need a pretty small, light ball to play catch- like maybe a ping-pong ball.
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