Fire on the Ceiling!!!

My five year old, Jerry, has always preferred to sleep in total darkness. I've always thought it was a bit odd. Especially when both of my other kids sleep with their lights on. Nightlights don't even cut it with Zach and Mariah. They have to have their room light on, their doors open and the light in the hallway on! Yes, we have had long talks about my electrical bill!!! Then there's my Jerry, he wants the door shut, the curtain drawn and all the lights off.
Tonight, Jerry kept coming out of his room. He gave me this "story"about how the light was scaring him. Of course, this didn't make much sense to me so I acknowledged his fear and sent him on his way. But like a boomerang, he kept coming back to me mumbling about how he couldn't sleep. Finally, as I walked past his room he pointed to the ceiling and exclaimed, "It's like fire on the ceiling! I can't sleep with the fire on the ceiling!" Sure enough, I looked up and the lamp in the nearby room was casting a shadow that appeared as fiery flames on the ceiling!
It always fascinates me to see things through the eyes of a child! To think, for the last few years, Jeremiah has been scared of light at night because, in his eyes, it was a scary fiery flame!