One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm, a
mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the
light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you
sleep with me tonight?"

The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I
can't dear," she said. "I have to sleep in Daddy's room."

A long silence was broken at last by a shaken little
voice saying, "The big sissy."