The Wise Man

In primary, there is this song, "The Wise Man and the Foolish Man".  It's cute and has a lot of fun hand motions.  It's one of this year's primary songs for the annual program and LL has been trying to learn the words.  They go:

The wise man built his house upon the rock
The wise man built his house upon the rock
The wise man built his house upon the rock
and the rains came tumbling down.

The rain came down and the floods came up
The rain came down and the floods came up
The rain came down and the floods came up
and the house on the rock stood still

The foolish man built his house upon the sand
The foolish man built his house upon the sand
The foolish man built his house upon the sand
and the rains came tumbling down.

The rain came down and the floods came up
The rain came down and the floods came up
The rain came down and the floods came up
and the house on the sand washed away!

This afternoon LL came to me and asked if we could practice the song with its motions.  After we sang, imagine my surprise when he asked, 'Mom, what does 'upon' mean?'  After a quick explanation he hit me with, "Mom, how do you build a house on a rock?" and "What kind of rock is it?" "How does the house stand on this rock?"  "Is it a real house or a pretend house?" "Can we go inside?"  "Why did the foolish man build a house on the sand?"  "Why isn't it a good idea to build a house on the sand, Momma?"

I was amused at his extent of thought and how much he had obviously been thinking about this song.  Despite any other problems LL may have or may struggle with, thinking is not one of them.  He always is trying to understand the world around him.  I'm glad that to him there is something to be learned from everything, like this song, for example.  They're not just mindless words filling up space inside of a melody.  However, while this little conversation was amusing to me, there are days when the endless barrage of questioning gets a little tiring.  A mother's work is never done, I guess! LOL