The Sun Got Dirty

I'm always amazed by what the kids say. They come up with some fascinating things. Today Bella sat at the kitchen table looking out the window while I did the dishes and we had a wonderful conversation. "You know what happened to the sun?" Because it was cloudy out I told her that the sun is behind the clouds. And of course I didn't get what she was talking about. "No mommy, the sun got dirty last night." What?!? I put the dish cloth down and looked at the back of her head. "Okay...How did the sun get dirty last night? Still looking out the window. Well....It rained last night you know." And before she could finish she had to tell me that Bailey didn't believe her that Mother Nature made it rain last night. "The sun decided to play in the mud at school and got all dirty. And now it needs to get washed off before it will come out again. So the clouds are covering her (she thinks the sun is a girl) up until she is clean again." There you have it. Knowledge from a five year old.