Pixie on being afraid, and butterflies...

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Pixie (my niece, 3 years old) was scared by a frog in the grass when we were walking through the garden one night, and she said that she was afraid, I said: "But it's just a frog, it's not dangerous, no need to be afraid". She answered: "Sometimes people are afraid of things that are not dangerous, and when someone is afraid, it doesn't matter if it's dangerous or not, they are afraid anyway" Very true, that. Another day we were at the beach, and she wanted to build a sand- airport (mostly because her friend was building one, I think). When we had been building for a while, I said that maybe we'll need some airplanes too. She said, no, this isn't a plane-airport, it's an airport for butterflies. Knowing that she is a little bit afraid of butterflies (strangely enough), I asked: "Why are we building an airport for the butterflies?" She explained: "Because if they have an airport to land on, they won't have to land on me."Problem solved... love/Reb