Why do kidnappers say hush little baby don say a word?
Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word Author: Kate Leaver Word Count: 1887 previous browse writing next Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word If it is our biological imperative to make babies, it is our most basic instinct to protect them. Baby-makers and baby-carers everywhere know what a challenge it can be to shelter a tiny human being from the dangers of the world… from the cold, the rain, the sun, the road. Sharp objects, moving vehicles, heights, fire. Hairdryers in the bath, knives in the toaster, fingers in the electric socket. Things they could fall off, fall into, have fall on them. How will we know where Baby is all the time, without eyes in the backs of our heads? How do we stop Baby falling from a great height in a flaming vehicle? How could we live with ourselves if we left Baby alone long enough to take the hairdryer swimming in the rain? What happens when we have to protect Baby from ourselves? When the whisper of paedophilia is enough to start a witch hunt and the prospect o
