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I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that.
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& \: }% }8 s! d+ e% ]"Why?" my daughter asked.9 G8 X! p7 r0 F# Z4 U$ W; ^4 O* M9 e
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/ \6 O7 M- c) H3 a"Because it's been laying outside, you don't know where it's been it's dirty and probably has germs" I replied. At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Wow! How do you know all this stuff?"
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0 j' ~6 A9 M4 I9 p0 K! ?0 d @; ^# C j"Uh," I was thinking quickly, "All moms know this stuff. It's on the Mommy Test. You have to know it, or they won't let you be a Mommy."" k! m. v( `2 p v/ r
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We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.. ]; e) W- ]3 `/ G' S4 b4 q
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"OH...I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy.", E+ ~, i" D2 C, C
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"Exactly" I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart. |
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