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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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"Why?" my daughter asked.: j4 E% `. b7 C8 Y
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"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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1 F1 x; ?% S$ C: r" e"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."( Y2 s( p6 {/ d
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' _ i" o1 |: Y$ [We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.& \8 j+ i/ J( G" h
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"OH...I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy."
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" W2 I2 c. s, @8 ?% n' b, {"Exactly" I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart. |
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