Of Birdseed and Boys

Once upon a time there was a little man made out of bird seed. He had been given to a certain Mommy by her secret sister at church to stick outside so that her little boy could enjoy watching the birds come to the back porch to eat.

One day, while this certain Mommy was pulling up beets from her garden for dinner, she turned to check on her little boy. He was staring up at the little bird seed man hanging from the shepherd's hook. She smiled thinking how he would like watching the cardinal, finches and sparrows eat the dropped birdseed tomorrow morning. That thought on her mind, she turned back around and continued picking beets; suddenly she realized that her little boy was being abnormally quiet. She once again looked back, in time to see her little boy pulling the birdseed man from his mouth. Upon closer observation, the startled Mommy realized that her son was holding a now headless birdseed man!

The Mommy called out the little boy's name and a chase ensued, as the little boy ran away from his Mommy, still holding the birdseed man. Fortunately, all's well that ends well... the Mommy caught up with the little boy, fished the broken head out of his mouth, and figures the rest will reappear eventually.

Moral of the Story: If your little boy loves to eat, he may be willing to eat whatever he sees anything else eat.