My Son the Poet

[alltoseek]

Nature
There is a soft wind
Trees gently swaying rocking
Deer walk quietly


--written by my nine-year-old


My sons enjoy nature alright until BEES! Then they run screaming into the house.

Poor bees.

Comments

[heather_mist]

That's lovely, very quiet and delicate, tell him I said 'well done' and he should definitely do more!

Ah yes, bees.... not everyone can be a Stephen when it comes to bees, some have more in common with Jack (and Killick). I'm fine with bees (which tend to travel singly in these parts and mind their own buiness) but wasps!
Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

[feroxargentea]

Oh poor bees! Why don't the lads like bees? Did they get stung? Bees are really quite cute fluffy inoffensive creatures, or at least the solitary sort are. My five (or perhaps she's six) year old niece is fascinated by the solitary-bee haunt in our garden.

[alltoseek]

On occasion my kids have been stung by wasps, but they're not old enough to distinguish wasps and bees (and anything else that buzzes, for that matter), so now anything that flits about has become a 'bee' and is deadly dangerous.

I like bees, of course, and am constantly telling them that if they leave them alone they won't hurt you (both the bees and the boys :-) but you know how it is with fears - even of a harmless aquatic sort that bears resemblance to an inoffensive land creature ;-)

[esteven]

Oh, that is so lovely. Do encourage him to write more. But...what have the bees doe to your sons?

[alltoseek]

Nothing! It's just unprovoked prejudice.