During Sunday School, I was helping six-year-old Sleepy in memorizing a particular verse.
As is the case with memorization, we had to recite the verse over and over. During our recitation, I was hearing complaints from the boy like, "Why do I have to do this?" and "I'm only six!"
About the tenth time, I looked at Sleepy and asked, "Do you want to do it again?" He thought about it for a minute.
He had turned his eyes up to the ceiling and quirked up his little mouth. When he came to a decision, he looked at me and asked, "Why don't we just wait until I grow up?"
As is the case with memorization, we had to recite the verse over and over. During our recitation, I was hearing complaints from the boy like, "Why do I have to do this?" and "I'm only six!"
About the tenth time, I looked at Sleepy and asked, "Do you want to do it again?" He thought about it for a minute.
He had turned his eyes up to the ceiling and quirked up his little mouth. When he came to a decision, he looked at me and asked, "Why don't we just wait until I grow up?"
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