- Tornadoes
My daughter thinks a lot about death.She is six years old.For example, she asks:can tornadoes hurt you after you are dead?She thinks a lot about tornadoes, too.And: after you are dead, what do you eat?And: can people do anything they wantwith your body after you are dead?I say yes.Can they even dig you out of the earth?I say yes and I saybut why would they want to do that?She has an answer for every question.So they can cut your hair offand make a wig out of it.She thinks a lot about hair, too.Daddy, she says, will you remember mewhen you are dead? [End Page 394]
MICHAEL FULOP lives in Baltimore with his wife and children.