Small child: If you’re going to read, so will I Mum.
Mom: That’s a great idea.
56.2 seconds of silence ensues
Small Child: What page are you up to Mum?
Mom: Page 139 Sweetie.
Small Child: I’m only up to page 42.
Mom: It doesn’t matter how many pages you’ve read so long as you’re enjoying it.
38.7 seconds of silence
Small Child: How many pages are in your book Mum?
Mom: Hmm… 336 pages Babe, this is a pretty short book.
Small Child (frowns): Mine has only 89 pages.
23.4 seconds…
Small Child: What is the biggest book you ever read?
Mom: Hmm… I’m not sure it’s probably one of these on the book case.
(Pulls down the first hefty tome to hand – Tolstoy’s War and Peace)
Small Child: Wow! Fourteen Hundred and forty five pages! That’s a big book! Did you read the whole thing?
Mom: Yes Bub. But it doesn’t matter how long it is. It is a wonderful story of Russian princes playing politics and princesses going to balls and falling in love and dashing army officers rushing gallantly off to battle and…
Small Child (clearly disinterested): Oh okay.
15.1 …
Small Child: But you know… I think my book is much better!
…he says brandishing ‘Pokemon #21 – The Chikorita Challenge"
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