Go Away? Go A Way!

An idea for a children's book

Dear friends,

I’m grateful that you’re here.
Thank you for being here and being you.
And now, another installment in the writing project that is my life:

Because of the Mitch Hedberg joke I wrote about earlier this week ("Every book is a children's book if the kid can read"), I've been thinking about children's books, and specifically, the idea of writing one.

I have a super creative and thoughtful friend, Jacob Sager Weinstein, who has written wonderful children's books, and he and I have had conversations about what a children’s book might look like if I wrote one, and here's one idea I have:

A kid is insulted, but always takes the insult as a compliment.

For example...

"Take a hike!"

The person saying that they want the kid to go away.

But the kid is like, "Take a hike? That sounds like a wonderful idea! I love hiking! I love nature! Maybe I'll see a butterfly! Maybe I'll get to the top of a mountain, and I'll be able to see the whole city, or the ocean! Maybe I'll get to poke my head through the clouds and say hello to the sun! Maybe I'll just walk on level ground and say hello to the sun from down here, because the sun is 93 million miles away, so getting to the top of the mountain might not get me THAT much closer to being audible to the sun. Also, I don't know if the sun can hear. Does the sun have ears? I know the sun wears sunglasses sometimes, when it's REALLY hot. And does the sun call them sunglasses, or just glasses? And what are they made of? And where does the sun purchase them? So many questions! These will be great to ruminate on during my hike! It’s like I’m mentally having fun on the hike already! Thank you for suggesting it!"

Or how about this one...