At A Hen's Pace: The Waiting-For-Dinnertime Blues

Saturday, November 03, 2007

The Waiting-For-Dinnertime Blues

Chicklet5, eating a banana and prattling on:

"And when we go to Charlotte's Web, you need to bring some food for us, so we don't starve."

Me, half-listening and stirring chili:

"Charlotte's Web is over now."

Chicklet:

"I know. But we will still starve."

(Finally she added: "Because I'm very hungry!")

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