WITH DADDY

One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother 
was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off 
the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, 
will you sleep with me tonight?" The mother smiled and gave 
him a reassuring hug. "I can't dear," she said. "I have to sleep 
in Daddy's room."

A long silence was broken at last by a shaken little voice 
saying, "The big sissy."