For
example, yesterday, this is how it went:
Me:
“Hey, bud, how was your day?”
Troy:
“Good.”
Me:
“Tell me something fun that you did today.”
Troy:
“I can’t remember.”
Me:
“Did you read a book? Did you sing a song? Did you learn something new?”
Troy:
“Um…I can’t remember.”
Me:
“Did you build something? Did you do math or science?”
Troy:
“I can’t remember.”
Me:
“What did you do last weekend?”
Troy:
“I can’t remember.”
Me:
“Did you go to ninja class? Did you go swimming? Did you go to a birthday
party?”
Troy:
“I don’t think so, but I can’t remember.”
Me:
“What did you have for breakfast this morning?”
Troy:
“I can’t remember.”
Me:
“I’m noticing a theme here.”
Today,
this is what I got:
Me:
“Hey, bud, how was your day?”
Troy:
“Good.”
Me:
“What did you do today?”
Troy:
“I was playing monsters with Tim on the playground.”
Me:
“Oh yeah?”
Troy:
“Yeah, we were chasing Miss Beth around. She was hiding, and we had to find
her. Then, she tried to get away, and we chased her.”
Me:
“Was she a monster too?”
Troy:
“No, just us.”
Me:
“Speaking of Miss Beth, she told us that you got some new dolls.”
Troy:
“Yeah, but she took them away from me.”
Me:
“Why’d she do that?”
Troy:
“Because I was banging on it.”
Me:
“Why were you banging on it?”
Troy:
“I dunno.”
Me:
“Well, you’ve never banged on a baby doll before, so why now?”
Troy:
“I didn’t want to bang on it.”
Me:
“Then, why did you do it?”
Troy:
“Because the evil wizard made me do it.”
Me:
“What evil wizard?”
Troy:
“The one at school.”
Me:
“And how did he make you bang on the doll? You’re telling me that you couldn’t
stop yourself?”
Troy:
“Yep. He cast a spell on me. I didn’t want to do it.”
Me:
“Well, spell or no, we don’t treat babies like that. When you see a baby on the
playground, do you start banging on it, or are you sweet and gentle?”
Troy:
“Sweet.”
Me: “Exactly. And since you weren’t sweet to the doll, Miss Beth took it away from you.”
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