Isn't That Precious?

On our way into town, we pass over a highway. We go past a pro-life billboard, with a picture of a baby with words to the effect that every life is precious. The word 'Precious' is prominent on the billboard.

Probably about a year ago, as we were driving past it, Henry remarked to Grace, "Look, there's Precious!" So, several times a week, we'll hear Grace shout, "There's Precious!" as we pass the billboard.

This week, we heard "Where's Precious?" We could all see that she was still there, so we told her not to worry, she was still there. Grace was insistent that someone had taken Precious away. As we went home, Madeline again pointed out to her that Precious was still there. No, Grace insisted, she was gone. Then, Madeline realized that all this while, Grace had been looking at the billboard across the highway that had a teddy bear on it. That was Precious. And, sure enough, Precious is now gone.

The rest of us were pretty tickled about this year-long misunderstanding. Grace doesn't see the humor in it.