Armadillo

Well, Monday started like this:

Cullen did not want to go back to school and wanted Easter candy for breakfast. Imagine that! We finally got everything together and headed out the door. Cullen headed to the side of the truck that he gets in on, stops "dead" in his tracks, and says,"What's that?" I looked, so I could answer. I saw the corpse of an armadillo belly up in our driveway. He must have been hit just lightly enough by a vehicle to do some major damage but not enough to kill him instantly. Anyway, I replied,"That is an armadillo. Daddy will take care of him." Cullen obsessed about it all the way to school. "Daddy get ardillo." He even told his teacher.

When we got home it was still there. Brent told Cullen, "The armadillo is sleeping. I will put him in the woods to sleep." Cullen was O.K. with that until we started to leave to go to the park. He wanted the "ardillo" to go with us. Of course, we did not take him. Cullen soon forgot about it and had a good time at the park.

It started getting late. It was hot, and Cullen needed to eat supper and have a bath so we went home. We started up the stairs and Cullen said, "The ardillo is hot. He come in. No sleep outside." I could not believe how worried he was about the armadillo and that he still was thinking about it. I told him to tell his Daddy, and he told him the same thing. Brent replies, "He has a trailer right on the edge of the woods with his mommy and daddy. They have plenty of air condition." Cullen has not mentioned the "ardillo" since.

This is the second armadillo that has been hit in front of our house. The first one was so bad that it was difficult to tell what it was after the accident. So, it did not affect Cullen like this one did. I hope the sight of this creature belly up in our driveway does not traumatize him forever.

You know the armadillo is Texas' official small mammal.check some more facts about Texas here: www.senate.state.tx.us/kids/Matching.htm