Sunday, February 12, 2006
Twinkle, twinkle
Max attended his first birthday party at the Museum of Natural Science this afternoon. The party room in the basement held a surfeit of riches for Max, including an aquarium with clown fish and butterfly fish (I thought this was just Max's appellation until I googled it...) and anemones and corrals, and an assortment of land creatures (real ones) ranging from hedgehog to corn snake.
The rug at one end of the room was emblazoned with a map of the world, and Max soon appropriated it for his own entertainment. Leaping from continent to continent, then crossing the high seas, Max shouted out each destination as though he were Magellan himself, discovering new worlds: "Look! I'm on Australia! Now I'm on Africa! Samantha's on South America! And I'm on Texas, in North America! I'm in the Atlantic Ocean! Now I'm in the Indian Ocean!"
Then Max lit on the compass, which on this particular map was shaped like an eight-pointed star. He was standing in the South Pacific, somewhere in the environs of Easter Island. "Now I'm in Bethlehem!," Max shouted. "Bethlehem?" I looked quizically at Gildy, Samantha's mom. She didn't miss a beat. "The star of Bethlehem. He's on the star."
The rug at one end of the room was emblazoned with a map of the world, and Max soon appropriated it for his own entertainment. Leaping from continent to continent, then crossing the high seas, Max shouted out each destination as though he were Magellan himself, discovering new worlds: "Look! I'm on Australia! Now I'm on Africa! Samantha's on South America! And I'm on Texas, in North America! I'm in the Atlantic Ocean! Now I'm in the Indian Ocean!"
Then Max lit on the compass, which on this particular map was shaped like an eight-pointed star. He was standing in the South Pacific, somewhere in the environs of Easter Island. "Now I'm in Bethlehem!," Max shouted. "Bethlehem?" I looked quizically at Gildy, Samantha's mom. She didn't miss a beat. "The star of Bethlehem. He's on the star."
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