T: What are you making daddy? Dad: I’m making tomato omelets. T: Yummy! I love tomato omelets. Can I help dad? Dad: I’m almost done, sweetie. But, thanks for the offer. T: No I want to help. That’s my favorite breakfast. Dad: Maybe next time. T: Can I cut the tomatoes next time? Dad: NO! Of course not! You know I like my tomatoes cut a certain way. T: Maybe you can show me how and I will help you. Dad: No touching the knife – until you’re 50 years old! Dad: All right! I have a task for you; wash these parsleys. T: No thanks! I don’t want to touch the water. I want to watch you. Dad: Okay honey. Sit here and watch me working. T: Daddy, it smells great. Dad: Thanks, sweetie. T: When is it going to be ready, dad? Dad: Soon! T: How many minutes until it is ready? Dad: About ten minutes. T: What number should I count up to? Dad: Six hundred; but don’t count out loud – please. T: One alligator, Two alligators, Three alligators, Four alligators... Dad: Oh no! T: Five alligators, six … Dad: Let’s put the eggs in and let it simmer; let’s go and play a couple of songs for me. T: How many? Dad: Ten minutes worth of songs! T: I play after breakfast. Seven alligators … Dad: You play now honey! Let’s go. T: Daddy, it smells so good. You’re such a great chef. Let’s go chef Bahram! Dad: I love “Camel Ride”; would you play it five times in a row. T: Yes I would. Dad: Brilliant!
10 minutes later…
Dad: Let’s go back to the kitchen. I think breakfast is ready. T: Yummy for my tummy! Dad: What would you like to drink, Juice or milk? T: Juice, please. Dad: Yes Ma’am. T: It smells great dad. I’m going to eat all of it. Dad: That would be a first! There we go; a little bit more for you.
Looks intently at her plate
Dad: Why don’t we get started? T: Dad? Dad: Why don't I like the sound of that? T: I’m afraid I don’t like the look of this food. Dad: You don’t have to look at it if it does not look that good. T: Dad, I want Cereal and milk. Dad: Look honey, this is our breakfast and as a curtsey to me you’re going to eat it. Plus, it has a lot of nutrition that your body needs. T: But, I want cereal and milk. Milk is good for me and cereal is good for me. Dad: Okay! What kind? T: Bring all of them; I have a little bit of everything. Dad: Oh, great! T: Thanks, dad. Dad: But, I’m mad. T: Um, daddy? Dad: I don’t, really want to talk right now. T: How did the dinosaurs die? Dad: Give me a minute so I can mourn the loss of my time. T: What dad? Dad: It was such a waste of my time to cook for you. T: You can eat it yourself. Dad: That’s another problem. First, you torment me with your eating; and, I have to eat your leftovers too. T: Daddy? Dad: I don’t, really want to talk right now. T: How did the dinosaurs die? Dad: I don’t know. T: How am I supposed to learn if you don’t know? Dad: There is one theory – that seems logical to me – as to how the dinosaurs became extinct. T: What is extinct? Dad: Vanished, disappeared from the face of the earth. T: How, dad? Dad: Do you know what a theory is? T: No! Dad: A theory is like a guess. It’s a scientific guess. Some scientists believe that a large asteroid hit the planet earth - some 60 million years ago – and killed all the dinosaurs along with all the other animals. T: 60 million years? Dad:Right, 60-70 million years ago. T: Was I born then? Dad:No, it was before us. T: Was your father alive? Dad: No. It was a long - long – long - time ago. T: Was Jesus alive? Dad: It was before Jesus. T: How many minutes is 60 million years? Dad: It would be a huge number; a number with many digits. T: What are digits? Dad: Digits are numbers. Actually digits are the characters in a number. A thousand is made up of four digits. T: A one and three zeroes. Dad: Right! T: Dad, can we go watch T-Rex again. Dad: I am not sure if they still show it. T: Dad, can the asteroid hit us again? Dad: Asteroids do hit the earth from time to time. T: Are you serious dad? Dad: But they’re not large enough to cause great harms.
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