Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Thumper - R.I.P.

The camp has a rabbit named Thumper.
His hutch is near the locker rooms so every day at
swim time the kids beg to go see him.
The kids LOVE to visit with Thumper and
secretly feed him leaves and other crap they find on the ground.
Well, guess what. Thumper died on Monday. We didn't really
tell anyone, didn't want to upset the kids.
So let me set the scene:
Yesterday, I'm sitting on a bench waiting for all the kids to
get changed after swim. I have about 10 kids surrounding me,
less than 6 inches away because that's how 8 year olds are.
They're like satellites.
Anyway, Mitchell (see below), one of Thumper's biggest
fans comes over and says;
Kerry?
Kerry?
Kerry?
Can we go see Thumper?
I say;
Oh, honey, come here, I think we have to have a talk.
Well, Matthew - another 8 year old who cannot spell
(and I know this because yesterday I caught him writing 'this place suks' on the wall ) says,
"HE'S DEAD".
Thanks Matthew.

8 comments:

Cris said...

Ouch! Sometimes I think kids can be a little too honest. :P What a way to find out though, huh? :(

Angela said...

Our rabbits name is thumper...want him? I'll pay for the flight.

Anonymous said...

Maybe you are Prego

Jill said...

Awwww. :-( I just posted *somewhere* about my old class fish...basically I brought it home for spring break & my cat opened the tank lid & ate him. Luckily I had a toddler class at the time & only one boy noticed. He said, "What happened to Yaroke?" and I said, "What do YOU think happened to him?" And the little boy gave some sort of answer that I can't remember but seemed to satisfy him at the time.

Sorry about Thumper. :-(

Lara Neves said...

Don't you just love how blunt kids are? No tact at all....

FlipFlop Mom said...

OH Good Gracious alive.. what a demon with horns..... Poor Matthew... Poor Kerry!!!

FlipFlop Mom said...

OOPSS I meant POOR MITCHELL not armpit Matthew!!!

Milissa said...

Have you ever had Pepsi come out your nose? Yeah .. well if I was drinking one right now .. . would have had that wonderful sensation of the burning pepsi running from my nostrils on this post. I was on the floor laughing and Brieanna thought it was a hoot. sorry to hear about Thumper.. gotta love kids. LOLOLOL