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West Ender · 07-04-2005, 20:49

My granddaughter, who is 5, saw the footage of the pope lying in state, on TV. She said, "Is he dead?". I told her he was. She asked, "Was he very old, then?" I said, yes, he was very old and very poorly and that was his body which he didn't need now because the real person inside wasn't there any more. I explained a bit about funerals and burial, trying to put it as gently as I could, and went on to explain that some people think the "real" person goes on living but in a way that we can't see them or touch them.

"Oh," she said, knowledgeably. "Just like our hamster."

07-04-2005, 20:49	#57
West Ender Passed away 25-11-09 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lymm, Cheshire Posts: 2,674 Blog Entries: 147 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 193	Re: The Pope My granddaughter, who is 5, saw the footage of the pope lying in state, on TV. She said, "Is he dead?". I told her he was. She asked, "Was he very old, then?" I said, yes, he was very old and very poorly and that was his body which he didn't need now because the real person inside wasn't there any more. I explained a bit about funerals and burial, trying to put it as gently as I could, and went on to explain that some people think the "real" person goes on living but in a way that we can't see them or touch them. "Oh," she said, knowledgeably. "Just like our hamster." __________________ * Some cinemas let the flying monkeys in............and some don't.