" Now I lay me down to sleep……."
“Mommy?”
“Yes, sweetie?”
“Horsies can’t say this prayer cause they sleep standing up, right?”
“Right, well, sometimes they lay down. Anyway, let’s finish the prayer. Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.”
“Mommy?”
“Yes, sweetie?”
“What is a soul?”
“It is your insides, how you love, how you feel sad sometimes and even how you feel so happy, you laugh real hard!”
“Does a horsie have a soul?”
“Well, yes, I am sure they do. Okay, let’s finish the prayer.”
“I know it! I know it! Now I lay me down to sleep, a bag of candy at my feet. If I die before I wake, you know I’ve died of a belly ache!”
“Who taught you that?”
“Daddy! He prays too, Mommy!”