Today, our family went to a local music festival; bluegrass, old time, cajun swing. Family oriented sort of thing, so there was also some children's music at one of the venues. While at one of the children's music performances along with some other children from our children's preschool and their parent's, the performer launched into "The Wheels on the Bus."
There were about 25 children and double the amount of adults, and most of the kids were seated up front next to the stage. At various points in this version of the song, the singer attempted to sneak some strange and exotic things onto the bus: elephants, lions and what-have-you. Each attempt was met by a chorus of "NO!" from the collected juveniles. But then the man tried to sneak in an aardvark on the bus, and when he tried to say that some of the children might not even know what one looked like....
Up pops Genevieve to her feet, proclaiming in a loud voice:
"I know what aardvarks are! They're real! They really are! They wait until it's dark, and they sneak in your house, and if you left your toys out, they steal them! Yeah, they do."
Everyone laughed, in good fun. Genevieve wasn't bothered by that. She and I knew the real deal about those aardvarks. If you want to laugh now, go ahead. You'll find out soon enough--just go ahead and keep leaving your toys out, if you dare.
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