Rhyming 101

Has anyone else who serves in Primary been bothered by the song "Tell me the stories of Jesus"? I remember loving it when I was a kid, but then, I only knew the first verse. Now we are learning the 2nd and 3rd verses. Tell me please - when did the words 'kind' and 'wind' start to rhyme? Every time we sing:

And how the Master, ready and kind,
Chided the billows and hushed the wind.

I have to cringe. Sure, it looks nice on paper, but just because they are spelled similarly doesn't mean they sound the same! I don't even know what phonics would tell you. I just know that it sounds horrible. And it's the last line of the song, so it leaves you feeling unsettled. I almost can't sing it; it bothers me that much. But of course I've had it in my head all week, so I change the pronunciation so that it does rhyme, but makes no sense..."And hushed the whined." Our kids will know alternate versions to the primary songs!

A dream come true, perhaps

Today at church the bishopric announced that the stake is selling a piano for $100! I immediately ignored Hattie's squirming and listened up. They don't know what condition it is in, or even what kind it is, but anyone interested could give their name to the bishop, and their name would be entered into a drawing for the lucky winner (who still has to pay the dough). So we are crossing our fingers VERY tightly in hopes that we win. I just hope everyone else forgot about it by the time church was over so that the pool will be really small. Wish us luck!