Birthday conversation

Tonight at bedtime:

Amelia: for my birthday I want 2 presents.
Mama: oh?
Amelia: I am going to get 2 rings. A sparkly silver ring and a very sparkly gold ring.
Mama: ohh? Do you think you are big enough to have rings like those?
Amelia: rings like that are very expensive. I will wait until I am big enough to have them.

(Pause)

Amelia: how old will you be on your birthday mama?
Mom: 35
Amelia: will you be old enough to not lose your ring then? I think I will be old enough by then.*
Mama: !!!!!

* backstory: I am missing a ring** and Amelia must have overheard me tell John about it this afternoon.

**my ring goes missing frequently. I will not admit here how often it occurs, but I will say that no one even panics anymore. It's here. It's always here. It will turn up soon.


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