Overheard at Donnell
Small Child: I’m allowed to read scary books, but only if they’re about God.
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Leviticus?
Potentially. I was thinking something more along the lines of The Brick Testament.
Heh. I remember when I was 7 or so, my evangelical Christian grandparents gifted me with some religious comic books. Some of it was pretty innocuous stuff (Dennis the Menace) but then there were the super freaky comics about the Garden of Eden and Noah’s Ark, complete with cobras and large-busted women. Now, that’s scary!
My seven-year-old son has decided he has outgrown his Beginner Bible and asked for a new version. One for older readers. But not that one with all the violence, he advises.
This is funny! Love the post.