Today after dinner was over, the little girl and I was bantering with her on my lap. She reached out for a dirty but dry pallet tray from the cabinet behind me. The pallet try had several compartments-some big, some small. They were all multi-colored now - I'd been lazy and not washed the pallet tray since I used it last. But this was just as well - the little girl decided these were a tray full of multi-colored cookies.
She offered me one and I pretended to eat it. Then she offered another one, "Have the green one now".
"Now have the red one",
"The blue one. Take the blue one now."
"Brown cookie now. Take the brown cookie."
" Now yellow one."
Somewhere down the line I felt I had had enough cookies, and politely declined.
The little girl insisted, "Take this one now."
"No, thank you."
No, no, have the orange one now."
"No, I don't want it."
Then came a sudden, forceful reprimand: "HAVE A COOKIE NOW!!!!"
I sat up and stared at her stunned. She stared back. Silence for a couple seconds. And then we both burst into peals of laughter!!!
I repeated her scolding again and again: "GUGU, HAVE A COOKIE NOW". More giggles!! Repeat. Repeat. Repeat! Giggles every single time.
She offered me one and I pretended to eat it. Then she offered another one, "Have the green one now".
"Now have the red one",
"The blue one. Take the blue one now."
"Brown cookie now. Take the brown cookie."
" Now yellow one."
Somewhere down the line I felt I had had enough cookies, and politely declined.
The little girl insisted, "Take this one now."
"No, thank you."
No, no, have the orange one now."
"No, I don't want it."
Then came a sudden, forceful reprimand: "HAVE A COOKIE NOW!!!!"
I sat up and stared at her stunned. She stared back. Silence for a couple seconds. And then we both burst into peals of laughter!!!
I repeated her scolding again and again: "GUGU, HAVE A COOKIE NOW". More giggles!! Repeat. Repeat. Repeat! Giggles every single time.
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