The Set-up: We are all in the family car, driving down the street and I (the mommy) am singing a hip, upbeat song heartily.
Dylan: Aaaah! Mom! Please stop singing that song, I HATE that song!
Becky: What? I thought you said the other day that it was one of your favorite songs.
Dylan: Well, I decided to employ one of my special skills...and also one of my hobbies....LIEING!
Owen and Becky: HA HA HA HA...ha ha ha...uh...(nervous and concerned chuckling).
1. And so it was established, being the day called Uhm in the month called June that Owen and Becky felt to sing the song of ill-parenting in that they had failed to teach young Dylan, the true meaning of an essential judeo-christian value of honesty. 2. Lamentation heaped heartily upon their minds and a long lecture crossed their lips. 3.Dylan, being perfectly reprimanded, assured the parentage that he would, in fact, try his best to not lie and to also to tell the full truth.
That is funny! Dylan has such a good vocabulary!
ReplyDeleteAh, the confusing dilemma of liking something one day and having to lie not to like it the next. Why does life have to be so complicated. Can't I just change my mind? Does everything have to be moralized and Punitive? Do dogs have to be thrown in jail for "nipping" people on accident? Oh, sorry that was another story. Anyways, I'm glad that he understood your parental concern and allayed you in your fears of your ultimate failure to understand his stunningly articulate pre-adolescent humor. Good job Dylan! Way to throw such a curve ball.
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