Wednesday, November 24, 2010

The Circular Conversation

Preface: Toe has seen the podrace in Episode 1 of Star Wars and I have read the book of Episode 4 (A New Hope) to him. That's his entire contact with the story of Star Wars so far. He still thinks Anakin is a good guy, so...

The conversation goes like this:
Toe: Hey Mom, I won the pod race!
Me: Oh, Anakin I'm so proud of you! You have brought hope to those who had none!
(I hug him)
Toe: Hey Mom, I won the pod race!
Me: Oh, Anakin I'm so proud of you! You have brought hope to those who had none!
(I hug him again)
Toe: Hey Mom, I won the pod race!
Me: Oh! Well Anakin I'm so proud of you. You have brought hope to those who had none!
(He looks at me expectantly and I hug him)
Toe: I'm going to race. My engine is on fire. I fixed it. Hey Mom, I won the pod race!
Me: Annakin I'm so proud of you. Now those people can fly home in their space ship.
Toe: Hey Mom, I won the pod race.
Me: Anakin, I'm so proud of you. You must be really hungry after that long race. Take a bite of hot dog.
Toe: Hey Mom....

An hour and a half (and all of lunch) later and I was practicing deep breathing. Fact is,  I know I did this to Gra'ma and I owe the Universe about five years of this play.

Slightly glazed smile from our household these days.

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