Front Porch Conversations--Seven
“OW!”
“Oh God, what did you do this time?”
“I scraped my knee on a rock.”
“Again? What is wrong with you?”
“No, it’s the same scrape as yesterday, only I put a bandaid on it and now I’m trying to take the bandaid off and it HURTS !”
“You want me to take it off?”
“No, no…I’m fine. Just give me a min—YEOW!”
“I’ve seen 5-year-olds tougher than that.”
“You have not!”
“Give me your knee.”
“Fine.”
“Alright, I’m going to count to three. Ready?”
“No.”
“One…”
“I said ‘no’! Oh, sweet mother…”
“Two..”
“YEOWIE. I thought you said you were gonna count to three!”
“Three. There, I did. I never said I’d take your bandaid off on three. You were supposed to be so worried about the pain that you wouldn’t notice when I took it off on two. Oh well.”
“Oh well?!? You think I wouldn’t notice?!? That’s stupid!”
“So’s your face.”
”...Touché.”