A Boy and His Mud

Shooting Stars

Aric's stubborn and all-knowing explanation of shooting stars....


H. You know what a real shooting star is, right? It's when ..............(explained shooting stars)

A. No, That's not a shooting star.

H. What is?

A. The astronauts paint them and shoot them in the sky.

H. So astronauts MAKE shooting stars? If there were no astronauts, there would be no shooting stars?

A. Yup.

H. Um, okay. Did you come up with that yourself?

A. I just know it. Since I was 2.

Six year olds know everything. Um, yeah.

Please tell me he was kidding??