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This is a conversation I had with Miya on the way in to work March 6,
1995, when she was not quite 4 years old.
Mama, Mama (said in an urgent manner).
Yes?
Guess.
Guess? Umm, angel? Peanuts? March? Your birthday? The kite?
Nooooo.
Umm, umm... You're going to have to give me a hint.
You're guessing all the wrong things.
No, you have to tell me what I'm supposed to be guessing
about. Am I guessing about what you're going to do today?
What am I guessing about?
Guessing about running.
Oh. You fell down and needed a bandaid?
Nooo.
Umm, I give up. What is it?
Well, you know when I had to go potty and Daddy
came to help me? He ran and almost bonked into the counter, and he's
not supposed to run. He's supposed to walk. Otherwise he might slip
and bonk into the counter because the floor's slippery.
It would have taken me quite a while to guess that one!
| This is a conversation John and I had
with Henry in February or March 1997 when he was 3. He decided he
wanted to "read" to us. I should explain that Henry's reading is of
the creative sort. Oh yes, and I should add that Henry is crazy about
dinosaurs. His favorite is the triceratops, but he likes them all.
Finally, I'll spell the names of the dinosaurs the way Henry "read"
them.
Do you want me to read to you?
Yes, that would be nice.
The protoceratops. The protoceratops looks like a
triceratops but he isn't.
The stegosaurus. The stegosaurus gots spikes on his tail to protect
himself from meat eaters. He died.
But you just said he had spikes on his tail to
protect himself.
But he died in Fantasia.
Oh, of course.
The compsonathus. The compsonathus...
That's compsonaythus.
No, this one says compsonathus. The compsonathus
is a meat eater. He has lots of teeth... Now here's another one that
says compsonaythus. The compsonaythus has lots of teeth and a body
like a hot dog.
(Parents laughing hysterically.)
The pachiocephalosaurus. The
pachiocephalosaurus gots lots of teeth and a thing around his head
that looks like a helmet.
That's "has," not "gots."
No, it says "gots" here.
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