Don't Drive Angry
Every parent worries about the choices their child will make regarding whom they consider a friend. We worry that they'll be reckless, troublemakers or criminals. Usually parents don't start worrying about these things until their child reaches a level of schooling where a number is used to describe the grade. Not us. Genevieve, still in nursery school, has already made the wrong choices in the friends she chooses to hang out with. Of course, you can try to blame Carrie since she picks the play dates but this friend doesn't come over for play dates. This friend lives with us. No, I'm not talking about Sophie. I'm talking about Paprika.
That's right. Paprika. Genevieve's lovable, cuddly, soft bear in a pink jumpsuit with bunny ears on the hood. Genevieve tells us stories all the time of the things that Paprika does. Sometimes they are fun stories involving Paprika's relatives that are not too dissimilar than our own; other times they show the darker side of Paprika's psyche.
Paprika often shouts at Genevieve during nap time which prevents her from sleeping. She'll fill Genevieve's belly with popcorn just before dinner so that she isn't hungry for what we're eating. Sometimes Paprika will go to Africa in the middle of the night where she will feast upon sea turtles for breakfast. But don't worry Paprika isn't Jewish and doesn't care about kashruth. In fact, she recently found out that Paprika likes Hawaiian shrimp. I've told her that Paprika can eat whatever she wants when she is out of the house but she may not eat trayfe in the house.
The story I'm about to tell you is directly from Genevieve. I have not embellished a single detail.
Last night, while everyone was sleeping, Paprika took Genevieve's flashlight and crept out of her room. Paprika proceeded to go downstairs very quietly. She took Carrie's car keys and stole the car. While she was driving a policeman pulled her over and arrested her. When she was in jail she waited until the guards were asleep, and then she broke out of her cell, and fled the prison. Finally she came home, got back into the house, and went to sleep.
"Why is the car still in the driveway?" I asked. Genevieve offhandedly replied, "Oh, she stole it back after she got out of prison."
This jekyl-in-hyde is not a bear in bunny clothing she is a jackal in bear clothing.
*** For anyone actually worried about Paprika's nocturnal behavior almost every part is derived from one story or another that we've read though I am amused that she put it all into a single narrative.
That's right. Paprika. Genevieve's lovable, cuddly, soft bear in a pink jumpsuit with bunny ears on the hood. Genevieve tells us stories all the time of the things that Paprika does. Sometimes they are fun stories involving Paprika's relatives that are not too dissimilar than our own; other times they show the darker side of Paprika's psyche.
Paprika often shouts at Genevieve during nap time which prevents her from sleeping. She'll fill Genevieve's belly with popcorn just before dinner so that she isn't hungry for what we're eating. Sometimes Paprika will go to Africa in the middle of the night where she will feast upon sea turtles for breakfast. But don't worry Paprika isn't Jewish and doesn't care about kashruth. In fact, she recently found out that Paprika likes Hawaiian shrimp. I've told her that Paprika can eat whatever she wants when she is out of the house but she may not eat trayfe in the house.
The story I'm about to tell you is directly from Genevieve. I have not embellished a single detail.
Last night, while everyone was sleeping, Paprika took Genevieve's flashlight and crept out of her room. Paprika proceeded to go downstairs very quietly. She took Carrie's car keys and stole the car. While she was driving a policeman pulled her over and arrested her. When she was in jail she waited until the guards were asleep, and then she broke out of her cell, and fled the prison. Finally she came home, got back into the house, and went to sleep.
"Why is the car still in the driveway?" I asked. Genevieve offhandedly replied, "Oh, she stole it back after she got out of prison."
This jekyl-in-hyde is not a bear in bunny clothing she is a jackal in bear clothing.
*** For anyone actually worried about Paprika's nocturnal behavior almost every part is derived from one story or another that we've read though I am amused that she put it all into a single narrative.
posted by daniel @ 4:06 PM
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