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| An Award-Winning Tail |
By Sam McBratney is a tender “tail” of two hares, Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare, showing their love for the other, ignited by a common childhood problem -- not wanting to go to sleep! As a distraction, Little Hare changes the subject by interjecting, “Guess how much I love you”? (Of course, what parent, grandparent or any adult could ignore such a question?)Little Nutbrown Hare admits to loving his daddy “this much”, representing his love by his outstretched arms. Daddy replies, “But I love you this much,” stretching out his much longer arms. Little Hare attempts to prove a love larger than Big Hare's through the remainder of the book. Does he succeed?
As I was reading this treasured book aloud today, I immediately thought of the early love exchanges between my daughter and I. When she was two, I would say, “I love you.” “No, I love you more,” she replied. Of course, my response was, “No, I love you more.” We would go back and forth until one of us gave up with a smile and a hug.
As parents, we know how much our children mean to us, more than anyone could ever know, sometimes “right up to the moon -- and back.”
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| Big and Little Nutbrown Hare |
