The big sissy
StoryIllustration★★★During a severe thunderstorm, a mother tucked her child into bed and turned off the light. Frightened by the tempest, he asked, “Mommy, will you sleep with me?” Hugging him, she replied, “I can’t dear. I have to sleep with Daddy.” Stepping out of the room, she heard, “That big sissy!”
Albert Lee, Our Daily Bread.
The point
A child, hearing his mother must sleep with daddy during a thunderstorm, calls his father a sissy—a humorous play on gender expectations and childhood logic.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Humorous · Lighthearted
To tell aloud
under a minute · 51 words