A few months ago our lion at Reid Park Zoo died. We happened to go to there the day after and see a very agitated lioness. One of the docents explained to me and then I had to explain to Cairn why "Daddy Lion" wasn't there. Since then every time we get to the lion exhibit (including yesterday) she declares "Daddy Lion died. He's dead so Mommy Lion is sad."
But yesterday we had the news that we've received a new male. He's still in quarantine before being introduced to the female and his awaiting public. So I told Cairn that we got a new Daddy Lion. She replied with "Oh. So Daddy Lion died but is alive again." Regardless of my repeating that this is a new lion she continued with the concept that the old lion had been resurrected.
I didn't think much of it until today in Relief Society we closed with the children's hymn "He Sent His Son"
(See it and hear it at: He Sent His Son )
About half way through it is a line:
How could the Father tell the world of sacrifice, of death?
He sent His son to die for us and rise with living breath.
As soon as I sang it I immediately thought about Cairn's understanding of the lion's death. And I realized that in her childlike way she understands death the way Heavenly Father wants us to think of it: Oh. So Daddy Lion died but is alive again... just like Jesus died but is alive again. And just like all of us will die but live again.
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