Save the penguins…

Posted by dulwichmum on Sat 22 December 2007

Perfect Freya blubbed into her Cheerios this morning. The munchkin overheard a news reader lamenting the destruction of the habitat for her special favourite the penguin. She so loved Happy Feet, I fear that she could become quite the Eco Warrior!

“Soon the penguins will have no-where to live,” she wailed.

I tried to distract her by changing the subject;

“Have you decided exactly what you would like from Santa dear heart?”

“I would like this, this and this” she bawled. “And this, and this too …” pointing to a page from The Great Little Trading Company Catalogue that she had been reading under the breakfast table. “And this entire page,” drying here eyes.

“Oh my perfect poppet, we must leave some things for the other children. Asking too much for ourselves is not kind, there are those less fortunate than us to consider and they may receive so very little… How will it all fit on Santa’s sleigh?” I sang (beginning to panic).

“I would like one of these and all of these too,” she continued.

“It really is not good for the environment. We can’t have Santa using up all of the earth’s resources on your gifts alone now can we sweetie?” I pleaded…

Darling Max could sense my anxiety and came to my support with;

“Freya, it is not good for where the penguins live. For every gift you choose a penguin will die,” – shockingly I was so panic stricken by now that I agreed with my super six year old man;

“Yes indeed,” I nodded gratefully…

“I shall have just the six gifts in that case,” relented perfect Freya, “and that is six each mummy. Six for me and six for Max...”

OHMYGOD!!!