It struck me this morning that little boys cooped up in a school room are kind of like little kittens cooped up in a clothes dryer. Here are the similarities I noted:
1. When the bell rings for school to get out, as when the buzzer goes off at the end of the dryer cycle, out comes a bundle of energy running spasmodically away from its point of origination.
2. The uncontrolled hyperactivity continues for a period of time varying from one incident to the next, depending on the cycle and length of the days events/lessons.
3. Pouncing happens like no other time of day. Pouncing on bugs or mice for some, siblings for others. Pouncing always ends in some kind of noisy mess- whether it's a splattered bug, tumbling bones (kittens or kiddos) on the hardwood floor, or a pinned and screeching sister.
4. The pawing takes place not soon after. The little kittens are usually the ones pawing the kitchen rug incessantly (sharpening their claws), and the little boy is known for pawing at every electronic button he can touch in the front seat of the mini-van on the way home from school. The key to this similarity is the incessant repetition of the pawing. "Keep your paws off!" works for kittens and kids.
There is one significant difference I noted when repeating the experiment (sending the boy to school, kittens to the dryer). When the boy goes to school, peace and quiet settles in at home, but putting the kittens back in the dryer certainly does not make for peace and quiet...tumbling kittens screeching and meowing...it's better to let them out and deal with the spasmodic, hyperactive, pouncing, pawing kittens...and no, I don't put the kittens in the dryer-I leave that to my two year old who is the inspiration for this blog!
So it goes...who knew there were so many similarities between boys and kittens? In case you were wondering, my two year old did shove a kitten in the dryer this morning, but thankfully didn't figure out how to start it tumbling. That will be next weeks story...
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