Now that the weather has turned nice again, Grace and I enjoy taking Chloe for walks around the neighborhood. Today she really surprised me. We were walking when out of the blue she yells, "Momma, we got to wun! It's uh puma! We got to wun from duh puma!" (Momma, we've got to run! It's a puma! We've got to run from the puma!) And she takes off as fast as her little legs will go.
Then she comes to a quick stop and says, "It's oh-tay, Momma. We stared duh puma!" (It's okay, Momma. We scared the puma!) And we walk a little more and jump over a couple of mud puddles. Actually we jump beside the mud puddles so we don't get our shoes dirty by accidentally landing in the puddle. Grace's idea, by the way. She hates to get dirty.
Then I hear her say, "Oh no! It's duh puma! Wun! Wun! Duh puma gonna git you!" (Oh no! It's a puma! Run! Run! The puma is going to get you!) And off we go again. We walked and then ran from the puma. And then we walked some more. Then we chased the puma. On again and off again for almost 20 minutes.
So I asked Grace what does a puma look like? Her answer? "Uh bid tat." (A big cat.) What does a puma say? "Raarrrrr!" (really loud roaring growl sound)
Grace and her imagination continue to amaze me. And don't ask me why she's pretending that a puma is chasing her. I didn't even know what a puma was until, like, high school or something.
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