Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for July 15, 2012
Transcript:
Stone Soup by Jan Eliot Alix: Mom! WATCH me!! Val: OK, Alix. Alix: Did you SEE THAT?! Val: Nice one! Do it again! Alix: Watch THIS one! Val: OK, Alix! Phil: You have your eyes closed behind those sunglasses! Val: I've seen it a thousand times! Alix: MOM! ARE YOU WATCHING?! I'M DOING IT BACKWARDS! Val: WOO HOO ALIX!! Phil: This is a little...disillusioning. Val: Oh please. Do you know how many WATCH ME's a mom has to respond to in a lifetime?! Alix: Watch me again! Phil: Did MY mom do that?? Val: Nooo...never! YOU GO GIRL!
I’m the youngest of four kids. I wouldn’t have minded my mom pandering to me like that; I’m pretty lucky I didn’t get sold for medical research.