Before Breakfast

Wednesday, 21st June, 2006 - after the scouts hut!

Conversation:

"Is that a fern?"
"Yes that's right"
"Will it grow into a tree?"
"No, it's just bracken, a small plant."
"You can get fern trees can't you?"
"Um... (thinking) yes ..."
"What do they look like?"
"They are like Christmas trees"
"Do they have coconuts on them?"
"No, you are thinking of palm trees, fir trees are spelt f.i.r, fern is spelt f.e.r.n"

Moments later... points
"Is that a fir tree?"
"No that's a gorsh bush, it's not a tree it's a kind of shrub"
"What's a shrub?"
"It's a small tree ... it doesn't grow very high, those are all shrubs in the border there."
"Shrub's a funny word"
"Yes, it's a bit like scrub ..."

Now we get silly :-) Me:
"Difficult to say isn't it Shrub? Scrub, scrub a shrub ..."
"Like a tongue twister ... let's make one up"

... later ... me (roll eyes) "shrub a dub dub ... no, that's not right, it's scrub a dub dub, otherwise it's shrub a dub dub, a tree in a tub" Both giggle - image of tree having bath!

You try saying scrub a shrub over and over ;-)