Mummies, Part II.

[rivka]

[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?

Comments

[melebeth]

Wow. I want one JUST LIKE HER.

[ailbhe]

I'm howling with laughter, here. I can't decide whether to be sympathetic or envious :)

[tassie-gal.livejournal.com]

What Melebeth said. I have always said I dont want kids, but if have one, I want one like her. I now also know how my parents felt when I did things like this.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

awesome!

as is the link. We never mummified a chicken in MY science classes!

[namedphoenix.livejournal.com]

OMG. I think you will have to.

[kiya]

You can tell her, if you like, that they made little statues of dead people too so that if something happened to the body, there was a backup body. Because the ancient Egyptians were firm believers in protecting their data. ;)

[cattitude.livejournal.com]

You're much better off practicing on a mammal. Chickens don't have the right brain-nose connection.

[submarine-bells.livejournal.com]

Mummified chickens! That's just adorable! *giggle*

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Chickens have brains?!