Milo: What's the other groundhog's name?
Me: What other groundhog?
Milo: The other famous one?
Me: Punxatawney Phil?
Milo: No, the other one who lives in Pennsylvania.
Me: Punxatawney Phil.
Milo: No, the OTHER famous groundhog!
Me: There is no other famous groundhog.
Milo: Yes there is.
Me: Who told you there were two?
Milo: The librarian.
Me: Well who do you think knows more, me or the librarian?
Milo: The librarian. Because she knows about the other groundhog.
Me: The other groundhog that doesn't exist?
Milo: It does exist!
Me: What else does your librarian know about that I don't know?
Milo: She knows about the presidents.
Me; Oh yeah, what does she know about them?
Milo: She read us a book about one of them.
Me: George Washington?
Milo: No. The 16th President.
Me: Abraham Lincoln?
Milo: Yeah!
Me: So what did you learn about Lincoln?
Milo: I forget.
Me: Did you learn that he freed the slaves?
Milo: No.
Me: Did you learn about the Civil War?
Milo: No.
Me: Did you learn that he was born in Kentucky and lived in Illinois?
Milo: No.
Me: (long pause) Did you learn that he wore a big black hat?
Milo: YES! He wore a big black hat and he kept his papers in it!
Me: What?
Milo: Yeah, it was funny, because he kept his papers in his hat.
Me: So that's what the librarian knows? That Lincoln kept his papers in his hat?
Milo: Yes. And about the other groundhog.
Me: Who doesn't exist.
Milo: It does!
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