I bet your dinner conversation last night was just like this...Monkey: Look! I have a kickety kickball machine that can make any shape you want!
Me: You mean kickety kickballs come in more than one shape?
Monkey: Yes! Any shape!
Me: So I can get a triangle-shaped kickety kickball?
Monkey: Yep. One triangle comin' right up!
Me: (looking suspiciously) Now wait a second...triangles can't roll! They have corners!
Monkey: I can take the corners off, though...with my rope. Then it will roll!
Me: A triangle without corners?
Monkey: I can make you a rectangle kickety kickball too.
Me: But rectangles don't roll!
Monkey: My rope can take the corners off of it too. It's a *very* special rope.
Me: Uh huh.
[pause]
Monkey: I'm gonna go wash my hands...then we can talk more about elephants!
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The whole world must be utterly fascinating to kids his age. Magic ropes and talking elephants and all that jazz.
I remember being amazed that my parents remembered how to drive placed. Like, we were in the car foreeeeeever and made a thousand turns, and they never ever forgot how to get to Norfolk.
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