A Boy & His Lion

Yesterday we had a scare with our little Lion, but we are happy to announce that he is safe and healthy now, with lots of life left in him!

It was time to go to bed, time for the same routine every night... Rychen: "Where's Lion?" Dad: "I'll go get him, you stay in bed!"

But then Dad didn't come back.

Lion was nowhere to be found.

Where did we last have him? We all looked. But no Lion. We made a deal to sleep without him while we parents kept looking. But he didn't turn up.

This morning as we were talking over where we last had him, it occured to us that Rychen had brought Lion shopping with us yesterday, but Lion didn't make it home. And then, "A-ha!" Must have been at the thrift store when we ran back to grab a puzzle, but ended up loading our arms full of random junk (such as a complete set of Dairy Queen BLAZERS collectible glasses from 1994!) instead, leaving our most Prized Possession behind!

So of course we had to trek all the way back to St. Paul's to find Lion. I had no idea what odds we had of finding him. I mean, you can't exactly call up a thrift store asking if anybody has turned in a well-worn stuffed animal. With our luck, Lion was probably tucked into a new kid's bed after fetching an unbeatable price.

Well then, I guess our luck has changed. Our sweet Lion was safe and sound, with all the other stuffed animals for sale.

Thank Goodness nobody else wants the filthy, stinky thing.