Heads up

The story of David and Goliath is probably the most read, talked about, acted out and watched video in our house. Parker cannot get enough of the story and what I thought would be a passing phase has become an all out Broadway production. We yell in deep mean voices and throw balled up socks at each other's heads and we run towards one another with empty paper towel rolls. It's quite humorous. Up to this point we have always read him and told him the milder and more innocent version of the story. Meaning, David threw a rock at Goliath's head and Goliath fell down. End of story. However this past week we decided that our now 4 year old was ready to hear the unedited version. A friend gave him an old school David and Goliath storybook and in it they did not spare children the details of how David chopped Goliath's head off after victory and brought it to King Saul. After reading this part to Parker, I looked over at him to see his reaction. It was priceless really. His eyes were huge and he was staring at the picture very closely trying to match what I had just read to what he could see. He was staring so hard and not blinking that he actually drooled from the intenseness (sorry, but he did). He didn't say anything but I could tell he was thinking. DEEP thinking... I finished the story and he grabbed the book out of my hands and flipped back to the page where David cut Goliath's head off. He then turns to me and goes, "David cut Goliath's head off?" I answered "Yup. That was what king Saul wanted him to do when he won." Then very seriously he goes, " To eat it?" I just about died. No wonder he looked horrified. I explained to him that they weren't going to eat his head. Just look at it and be proud of how brave David was with God's help. He nodded his head and said, "Good. that would have been really really icky."

Ya' think?