The Sacrificial Lamb and the Pit of DOOM

We used to own a sectional couch, and of course the center piece that joins the two ends of it is rounded. Naturally it was a fairly large piece of furniture and when put in a room it covered a good portion of two walls and the center piece had a triangular space between the back end of it and the wall.

One day my daughter dropped her stuffed lamb Lovey in that space behind the couch. She ran to her brother afraid to plumb the depths of the unknown pit and pleaded with him "Bubby I dropped my Lovey you have to save him! " He asked her "Why can't you get him?" She pushed out her bottom lip and in her most despairing voice she said "He's in the… the… the pit it's dark in there."

He reluctantly stopped what he was doing and marched into the living room and descended into the "pit. " She nervously awaited his return standing poised ever so carefully by the edge of the couch end. He decided he would teach her not to interrupt his diabolical plans and laid on the floor of the "pit" and tossed Lovey up in the air while covering his mouth producing a muffled but audible "Helllllp! Ow..owow.ahhhhh!!"

He threw the lamb up several times which attracted our 25lb cat Archimedes. Well Archy ran round the back of the couch intent on pummeling the flying lamb. Just as he got to the rounded part his weight compounded with his acceleration wreaked havoc on his paws and he fell off taking the throw on the back of the couch and Lovey with him. He landed directly on top of my son. This completely unexpected turn of events elicited a shriek of terror from my blanket blinded child.
My daughter, shocked and horrified that I was in fact laughing at this catastrophic affair went running for backup.

 "Daddy! Daddddd Bubby and Lovey fell in the pit of DOOM and they can't get out!" Being the good Dad that he was he came running to find me in a fit of giggles as his son hefted Archy over the top of the couch and came out fussing Lovey's foot clenched in his shaking fist. He threw the lamb at his sister proclaiming he would never ever return to the pit of DOOM again she could save her own lamb! He lectured her further explaining that a stuffed lamb could not die whereas HE nearly did.

She apologized, her lower lip quivering "I'm so sorry Bubby I'll never do it again I don't want to lose you!" She hugged her grumbling brother who nearly escaped death at dooms hands tightly. Thereafter any dark area deep enough to fit a lamb was considered to be 'of DOOM'

Later that evening we were going out for dinner and the hallway light had blown out. While waiting for the guys my daughter standing at the top of the stairs peered down the darkened stairwell. She turned to Lovey and whispered "It sure is dark down there Lovey, I think it could be…of DOOM." She hugged her Lovey tight and said to him matter of factly, "Go see." With that she pitched her (sacrificial) lamb down the stairs and cocked her head listening for the impending sounds of  DOOM. My husband called out "I think we're out of light bulbs." My daughter satisfied there were no sounds of Lamb DOOM replied "Lovey says it's safe Dad we don't need one."