Don't Shoot!

Yeah, here is a true boy story. About two weeks ago we had a mission farewell in sacrament meeting. The kids had the wiggles so to help them pay attention, I told them that I would quiz them after each speaker. They were intrigued and so the challenge began. The soon-to-be-Elder gave a nice talk about some of the silly things he and his friends had done, and how he avoided serious trouble in his life because they were good influences on him. Among those silly things were driving through a drive-thru backwards and shooting the lights off of Christmas trees. He then went on to talk about great missionaries in the scriptures, including Ammon. He went into the hole chopping off of the arms of robbers thing (which I assumed was captivating to young boy). At the end of the talk, as promised, I asked the kids what they had learned. Madison told me that Ammon was a faithful man who was a great missionary because he was humble and faithful. What a great listener! Then I asked the Maggot. I asked him what the missionary has talked about. He looked really thoughtful for a second or two. Then his eyes lit up, he got very animated and he responded "Oh! I learned that you can shoot the lights on a Christmas tree out with a BB gun!!" Yeah. Definitely NOT the take home message!