The Fall, According To My Daughter

Recently our family has been reading the Creation and Fall narratives during our nightly Bible time. The boys have asked some great follow-up questions about sin and temptation.

Sometimes it’s hard to tell how much our daughter—who is only three—is taking in.

A couple of days ago she asked me a question about Satan. Instead of answering directly, I asked her, “E, do you even know who Satan is?”

Her reply:

“Of course, Mom! Satan is a boy. And his girlfriend tricked him into eating a lot of apples. Then the angels came and told them they couldn’t play in this garden anymore…they had to go to a different garden.

Oh, and there was a snake! He wanted to eat an apple, too. But the angel got it first. So he left the garden, too, and went to a bush...”