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A New Family Rule

Yesterday, I put a little story from our day on Facebook. Country Boy had managed a freak of nature and managed to kill a rabbit with a rock out in the paddock with Toby. Toby was extremely interested in the dead rabbit, so CB let Toby play with it for the rest of the afternoon. At one stage the kids were fighting over whose turn it was to hold it.

I was horrified, but put it down to the fact that I am soooo not a country girl. CB took the rabbit away before dinner and buried it. Unfortunately though, burying Toby’s new ‘pet’, was not popular. He came out after bed time most upset about the situation, and wasn’t able to understand that the rabbit was dead and needed to go.

Yes… we even have a photo of Toby with his ‘toy’ – taken by CB!

Hence I have made a new family rule “No using animal corpses for toys”. Prior to yesterday I was fairly sure that this rule did not need to be stated but you live and learn.

Do you have any interesting family rules?

 

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  1. Amanda says

    September 27, 2013 at 12:25 am

    Oh no 🙁 lots of things I guess you've now got to think about being in the country 🙂

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  2. Olivia says

    September 20, 2013 at 6:29 am

    haha…mine 2.yo. carried a dead bird around for an afternoon recently. Poor thing had hit the window and broken it's neck, so whilst being carried the head flopped everywhere (nasty!).
    And then the other day my big boy said "Mum I know it sounds bad but I want to shot a bird with my slingshot so I can look after it"
    Maybe it's time to get ourselves a domestic pet!
    xx

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  3. Jan says

    September 20, 2013 at 12:42 am

    Poor little boy! Still I can see your side too. LOL.

    Rules you never thought of having to make: I know someone in very snowy area of USA with a large family. I have seen pictures of snow heaped up high over the garage gutters, so lots of cold.

    She never foresaw having to make a rule which said , "do not lick the metal pole outside." Several of her family froze their tongues to it, although neither of us could see why they ever thought of doing it in the first place.

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