Thursday, September 4, 2025

"in the dark Grop'd I to find them out"

Owen: "Dad, I really want to go spelunking again."

Me: "I didn't know you'd ever been spelunking. When did you do that?"

Owen: "Oh, I've been lots of times. You've taken me!"

Me: "When did we ever do spelunking? I don't know of any places to do it around here."

Owen: "We do it at the lake. Or at the bay. Or even at the pond at Nama and Papa's house."

Me: "What do you think spelunking is?"

Owen: "You know. When you throw rocks into the water. They go, 'spe-LUNK!'"

Me: "I see."

Owen: "Is that not what it's called?"

Me: "Spelunking is exploring caves. The word "spelunca" means cave in Latin."

Owen: "Oh."

Me: "Right."

Owen, muttering and walking away: "Mine's way better...."

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