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Mummies, Part II.
Jun. 25th, 2009 09:32 am[Part I]
Alex was fussing this morning about wanting me to stay home, so I suggested that this afternoon she could show Polly (our nanny) all the cool stuff at the museum. Like the mummy. Alex immediately went into Full Didactic Mode, explaining to Polly:
"The ancient Egyptians believed in life after death, but they thought it was only possible if the body did not decay." So far, that's almost a word-for-word quote from Ms. Frizzle Adventures: Ancient Egypt. But then, apparently, it occurred to her that Polly might not know what 'decay' means. So she continued helpfully. "Do you know how, when you pick a flower, after a while it sort of falls apart? The same thing happens to a person's body when they're dead."
God help me, we're going to wind up mummifying a chicken before all of this is over, aren't we?
Alex was fussing this morning about wanting me to stay home, so I suggested that this afternoon she could show Polly (our nanny) all the cool stuff at the museum. Like the mummy. Alex immediately went into Full Didactic Mode, explaining to Polly:
"The ancient Egyptians believed in life after death, but they thought it was only possible if the body did not decay." So far, that's almost a word-for-word quote from Ms. Frizzle Adventures: Ancient Egypt. But then, apparently, it occurred to her that Polly might not know what 'decay' means. So she continued helpfully. "Do you know how, when you pick a flower, after a while it sort of falls apart? The same thing happens to a person's body when they're dead."
God help me, we're going to wind up mummifying a chicken before all of this is over, aren't we?
