Bea is for Beatrix

Life with Bunny is never dull. We’re fortunate that Bunny goes to a very small school, and it’s in a multi-level classroom. Her class is K-3. Although she’s age-wise in kindergarten, she’s reading at fifth-grade level. Her comprehension is “only” at second-grade level, so the teacher’s working to get her comprehension up to her reading level.

All of which means Bunny was assigned the Beatrix Potter story, Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, for school the other day. We had to read it every day, to help with the comprehension. On this particular day, when we were done with the story, she had to write out the setting, the characters, the problem, and the solution.

Bunny was all done with the homework, when I realized that she hadn’t put the title or author on worksheet. I decided to fill it in for her. I turned the story face-down so she couldn’t see the title page.

MOMMY BUNNY: What’s the title of this story?
BUNNY: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.
MOMMY BUNNY: Right! And who’s the author? Do you remember?

Instead of saying "Beatrix Potter", without missing a beat, she said…

BUNNY: Bea Arthur!