Nocturnal Creatures

Spilly said to me yesterday, "I know something about Mr. Thomas. He's nocturnal."

After I finished laughing, I said, "Do you know what nocturnal means?"

"Yes, I do. It means they sleep in the day and they stay up all night to hunt. Like raccoons and possums and bats and Mr. Thomas."

"Mr. Thomas stays up all night to hunt? Are you sure?"

"He hunts for fires."

"Ohh," I said.

It's true. Our neighbour is a fireman. And sometimes he works at night.

I said teasingly, "Maybe when you grow up you can be nocturnal too."

"No. I'm going to be a kindergarten teacher. And they have to get a lot of sleep at night."