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This evening after dinner, I (M) was sitting with my daughter (D, going to be 4 yrs next week) and my son (S, 2 yrs +4 months) at the table. 7 n" f9 Y+ p2 s+ k' Y- B
/ B2 D# c" l. W1 A; C! g c! `Prior to the conversation S was very mad with me because he had a time-out due to his earlier misbehavior. ; P3 ~6 {- ?7 C2 q! b* X8 ?) T0 w3 {( J
5 ^! I; m/ p. j' ]8 P$ f(Original transcript without correction or translation)$ \$ F# i: z, p# E9 F9 w
, ^ n5 k$ L7 S" d& h9 JS: Don’t be mad, Mama! I’m gonna kill you.9 |; T3 F' r& O# G: K
D: (to Mama, in a dramatic tone) Oh, dear, I’m really sorry.3 ^4 m" P. M6 @, z
M: Why are YOU sorry?. J; G ~; M4 T- ~4 o( i, ^
D: I’m sorry that S wants to kill you. A0 ~& ]- d% ?' ?# E
M: Maybe he should kill me, then I don’t suffer any more. You can take care of yourselves.
7 ~* m) u6 E% _6 fD: No, we can’t take care of ourselves. We need you.
( B' g& j- a% p7 v( X% o. uM: What do you need me for?) b: g* T6 K/ L& P/ |. V
D: To drive us, to open the door for us, to take care of us. ; f/ i c g: A: A7 Y9 i; ?
M: So you only need me to do things for you, but do you love me?
1 {9 o8 ^2 n4 V7 U! j! V5 eD: Yes, I love Mama (followed by a hug and a kiss to Mama).
% E% b/ L4 @6 A) X/ V2 e8 _# gS: I love Papa (saying defensively while looking at D and M hugging and kissing).
! ~" S4 O5 U. q7 M: L, j0 MM: S, do you love Mama? - X9 E6 [4 ?8 R; S9 T' j8 l
S: I love Papa (walking away from Mama).- h2 Q9 A7 S3 v% U2 P% [4 I: h G
M: (following him)Don’t you love Mama?* q9 h2 b( y( D; K
S: (turning back to Mama) Yes.
# U+ \6 h+ s) i3 j2 HM: (sigh of relief).% H3 S8 ?' X6 E6 d" F8 v$ k; a
0 \4 y2 b' K: K3 H; d3 ZOh, boy, am I lucky. |
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