Post by kim1 on Feb 17, 2005 16:58:03 GMT 10
My 6 yr old daughter came with me today when I took a bird (named Pogo) to a guy that wanted to buy him. He arranged for me to drop the bird off at his work place which is the local butcher shop. My daughter has never been inside the butchers so it was all new to her. I stood at the door and sent her in to ask for the guy to come out to get the bird, which she did, he came out with her and she stood quietly while he paid for the bird and transfered it to his cage and then we left as he took the bird around to his car. My daughter started asking me "Mum what was all that meat doing in the shop, was it all animals cut up?" I said 'yes, thats what they do at butcher shops, cut up aniamls for us to eat.'
Baaaaaad move, miss 6 erupted into hysterical screams and before I new it was trying to open the car door, I stopped the car and she bolted out the door and started running back towards the shop screaming "I don't want them to eat Pogo" poor kid probebly needs counselling now, I had to show her that the guys car had gone because he had taken him home, she's quite traumatised and I'll be much more carefull what I say from now on.
Baaaaaad move, miss 6 erupted into hysterical screams and before I new it was trying to open the car door, I stopped the car and she bolted out the door and started running back towards the shop screaming "I don't want them to eat Pogo" poor kid probebly needs counselling now, I had to show her that the guys car had gone because he had taken him home, she's quite traumatised and I'll be much more carefull what I say from now on.
