Quote of the Day (1/20/10) (Wonder Week)

As G.K. Chesterton wrote, very young children do not need fairy tales because "mere life is interesting enough. A child of 7 is excited by being told that Tommy opened the door and saw a dragon. But a child of 3 is excited by being told that Tommy opened the door." The 3-year old is the realist. No one really knows how Tommy does it.
--Huston Smith, "Excluded Knowledge"