The Sneaky Leprechaun

For the past 24 hours  Cozette has not stopped talking about the sneaky leprechaun.

"Mommy, you won't believe it, that sneaky leprechaun turned the toilet water blue at school today!"

"No way!" I responded.

Then I asked her, "What other tricks did the leprechaun pull on your class?"

" He turned our chairs over, he pulled out the books, and he pulled out all of the play clothes!" Cozette responded with great animation.

"Did you have to clean up the mess?" I asked her.

"Yes, but Mommy, the leprechaun left us gold coins to eat!"

"Mommy, are leprechauns girls or boys?

I told Cozette that a leprechaun could be a girl or a boy. Truthfully, I was not sure, so I looked it up . Leprechauns are usually in the form of an old man, so I corrected myself later.

"Mommy, did the sneaky leprechaun mess up my room today?"

"Go look at your room and see for yourself, I instructed her."

Cozette came running downstairs and said, "Mommy, that sneaky leprechaun made a huge mess in my room!"

"Actually, three little leprechauns made that mess in your room, and their names are Kayleigh, Everett, and Cozette!"  My answer struck her funny.

"Mommy, are leprechauns real?"

I hesitated for a moment, but I decided to tell her the truth.

"Cozette, leprechauns are pretend."

"But the real leprechaun is at school, right mommy?"

I guess I'm not ready to be that truthful, so I just agreed with her.

Last night I asked Cozette what she thought a leprechaun looked like.

" I think a leprechaun looks like a little fox."

I burst out laughing. I wasn't sure how she came up with that answer. I later remembered that sometimes, Cozette and I like to hide behind the wall when Kayleigh and Everett come home from school. I always say that we have to be quiet like a sneaky fox while we wait for them to open the door. I believe she associated a leprechaun to a fox, because they are both sneaky.

The last thing Cozette said to me before she fell asleep is that she was not afraid of the sneaky leprechaun. 

Believe it or not, one of the first things she asked me this morning was if the sneaky leprechaun would come back to her school next year.

And she asked if the leprechaun was going to turn the toilet water at our house blue!