Great Ape

This man devoted himself to the knowledge of these beasts. For him to stay calm in this situation showed that his knowledge trumped fear. It's a good reminder to me that when I recognize fear in myself, it simply represents a lack of knowledge.

Little Scavengers

So the boys went quiet while I watched them the other day. Most of the time this is what my brain tells me it wants. They are usually making sword noises. Rocket noises. Asylum noises. My brain says "I wish these little smack-heads would just give it a rest for a minute." Then when they do go quiet, my brain says "Holy Hell, one of them is probably strangling the other! QUICK! FIND THEM!"

I didn't find a murder scene this time. I found Silas squatting watching Leon chow down on a delicious chunk of Toblerone chocolate. This doesn't upset me as much as it does the queen bee, so I just laughed and took the chunk into evidence.

Then I began the interrogation.

Leon's mouth looked like he had been eating mud pies. I'm convinced his strategy was to simply get the chocolate down and at least he would be standing in the corner for his crime with a tummy full of goodness. He takes the drug mule approach. Silas was clean as a whistle - teeth pearly white, fingers pristine, lips looked like they hadn't touched chocolate in months. Silas looked like a nun on a nude beach. I asked Leon how many he had eaten and he raise one chocolate-tipped finger. I asked him if he had shared any with Silas and he said yes. He's trying to spread the guilt, I thought. I asked Silas if he had eaten any and he just shrugged his shoulders, shook his head and said "No eat any." It looked like he was telling the truth....until I smelled his breath and it smelled like Willy Wonka's wonderland.

These boys be messin' with me!