One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her son into bed.©OFFICEJOKES.NET

She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?"©OFFICEJOKES.NET

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

A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: "The big sissy."