Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Overheard

William and Amelia were playing as I was throwing together some lunch today.

William: I choose the red, green, and awkward ones.
Amelia:  No!  I want the red and awkward ones!

(At this point, I thought I must have heard them wrong.  I crept closer to get a better listen/look.  They were sorting out dinosaurs and choosing which colors each one would get.  There are red, green, blue and orange dinosaurs in this set.)

William: Really, Amelia, all of the awkward ones of mine.  I should be able to have the awkward ones.

Amelia: NO.  No way.  The red and awkward ones are mine.

William: These are ALL mine.  I'm sharing with YOU.

Suddenly it occurs to me that the awkward ones must be the aqua ones.

Why?  I don't know.  I meant to ask, but then....

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