A little girl got the Lord’s Prayer a little muddled up and was sure God’s ‘real name’ was Harold, it has been revealed.
Her mum, Montana Sherman-Brown, shared how her daughter mixed up the line “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name” to sound like “Harold be thy name”.
Montana recalled this funny moment when putting her five year old to bed, even though the family are not religious themselves. The Australian mum of two was left giggling by the incident, and decided not to correct her daughter.
She said: “She’ll say to me, ‘okay, what actually is god’s name then?’ and I just won’t know what to tell her.” The humorous moment came about when the tot asked if she could pray for her family at bedtime.
When asked who she wanted to offer the prayer to, she quickly responded with the name “Harold”, saying it was “God’s real name”.
Mum Montana was left chuckling, and added: “When she first said it to me, I thought it was hilarious – I was like, okay, sure.”
The young girl has seemed extremely interested in all things related to religion, despite her family not being religious, after attending orientation at her new Catholic school.
Although Montana suspects part of the reason might be the girl’s attempt to secure more time before lights out. “I feel like kids will say anything to avoid going to sleep,” she added.
Eventually, Martha asked her own mum, Lynette Brown, about the strange nickname and suddenly understood the mix-up.
She said: “To be honest, I’m just letting her go with it. She’s now got a funny little anecdote for school, and maybe for the kids who are more into religion than she is.”
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