Thunderstorm


One summer evening, during a violent thunderstorm, a
mother was tucking her small boy into bed.  She was
about to turn off the light when he asked with a
tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me
tonight?"

The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug.
"I can't dear," she said, "I have to sleep with Daddy."

A long silence was broken at last by a shaken 
little voice saying,  "The big sissy."