Kids Say: Marrying Tarzan

I realized I never share any of my daily conversations with students…so here’s one today with one of my six-year-old kindergarteners. 

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Student: “Miss Zhan, in America, you are no marry, right?”

Anna: “Right.” (thinks for a while) “But I am married to my cat.”

Student: “What?”

Anna: “Yes, I will marry my cat.  And I will wear a white dress, and he will wear a black suit.”

Student: “No!  No!”

Anna: “Why not?”

Student: “You can no marry he.”

Anna: “Why can’t I marry him?”

Student: “Because…he is so short.”

Anna: “That’s OK.  He has a shelf he can sit on.”

Student: “No!  No!  You is too tall to marry with he!”

Anna: “No, I can just lean over to kiss him.  It’s OK.”

Student: “No!  You is so tall!  He is so short!

Co-teacher: “Is that the only reason why Miss Zhan cannot marry her cat?”

Student: “…yes.”

Co-teacher: “A baby is short, and a cat is short.  Can a baby marry a cat, then?”

Student: “Yes.”

Co-teacher: “No!  He cannot!  The cat is an animal!  Can you marry an animal?”

Student: “If the same tall, yes.”

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So…I can’t marry Tarzan…but I could probably marry a cougar.  Good to know.