"And I looked..."

For a long time, we did "scripture reading" with the kids with storybooks about the scriptures, thinking that was a good level for them. Recently, though, I read a talk in the Ensign that said even little children could feel the Spirit through reading the actual words, so we've altered our reading. We're now reading straight from the Book of Mormon. I read a phrase at a time, and the kids repeat it back to me one at a time. They each do about a verse every night. Obviously, progress is slow. We're still in 1 Nephi, not too far past the vision of the Tree of Life. After reading this way for a while, Bethany decided she wanted to take a turn "reading" a verse to us, which we'd repeat back to her. Here's how it went:



"Yea...(they love to say this word)

behold...

and it came to pass...

look!...

and I looked...."



At this point I was feeling pretty good, thinking that she was picking up more of the scriptures than I thought she would. Then she continued:



"and I saw...

a vampire."



Say what??? I'm pretty sure there are no vampires in the Book of Mormon, nor do I think she's talked about them at church. It was so random. I didn't even know she knew the word vampire. I guess we have a little more work to do than I thought.