We finished up the Tales from the Odyssey series by Mary Pope Osborne last night. At the very end of the story there is a touching scene when Odysseus and his father Laertes finally meet again after so many years apart. It is a touching and sad scene because Laertes talks of his grief and how he missed Odysseus. But at the at one point he does something that seemed so incongruous and silly that Samuel burst out laughing. Then we both laughed and laughed. We are still laughing about it this morning-

"Then the burden of his grief became too much for him. Groaning with misery, he picked up a handful of dirt and poured it over his head."

Ok, so obviously we weren't laughing at the poor man and his grief, but at him pouring the dirt over his head! How did that come up? This morning I was kind of grumpy at one point because I hadn't gotten to eat breakfast, etc. Samuel broke the tension by saying in a very serious tone, "he poured dirt onto his head..." So funny and it lightened things right up! Thank you Laertes!