It is a busy
morning.
Dad is off
to the office and the children are getting ready for school.
Mum, the
referee, is packing school snack and lunch boxes as she reminds them of things
they need to carry for the day.
“Mum, I can’t
find my socks.”
“Look on the
laundry rack” says Mum.
“Mum, the
cat has scratched my book cover.”
“Put some nice
stickers on it” says Mum.
“Mum, is the
Bible Fiction or Non-Fiction?”
Mum has one
eye on the dosa on the pan while she is slicing apples.
“Why do you
want to know that now?” asks Mum.
“It’s my
reading homework. I read the Bible yesterday and Miss Tracey says I have to
write a record in my reading diary. So please tell me.”
“What?” asks
Mum.
“Is the
Bible Fiction or Non-Fiction? I have to put it under a category.”
“Hmmm...”
says Mum, “You better write ‘Religious text’.”
“Ok, how to
spell ‘religious’?”
“Go look in
the dictionary” says Mum.
Children
have to find their own answers for some questions.
