That’s my boy
INT. SAM’S BEDROOM — NIGHT
DAD (45) tucks SAM (6) into bed.
DAD
You know what?
SAM
What?
DAD
You and Kit are the two best children that anyone has ever had in the history of the world.
SAM (beat)
You don’t know that.
What Does the Protagonist Want?
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However, it’s conceivably provable that there could not exist better kids.
I’m pretty beat too.
That’s terribly cute and clever. That’s just how I got in trouble as a kid.
AWWW
It’s good that he’s developing a healthy sense of skepticism. It will serve him well in the years ahead.
Don’t kids say the darnedest things, sam? No, they’re kids, Mr. Cosby.
Your child would kill Bill Cosby, if he had the chance. That’s awesome.
Re: Don’t kids say the darnedest things, sam? No, they’re kids, Mr. Cosby.
That is, in fact, his secret mission.
Ah, but see, his reply only proves your point.
I was going to mention that, but it would be gilding the lily.
As you no doubt realize by now, gilding the lily is my literary superpower.
🙂
Is Kit showing hidden talents yet? We have Sam, mantis wrangler and starship builder. Are you ready to wrangle My Little Pony and build the Barbie compound? You could get Sam involved and have laser cannons eveywhere.
Kit has no hidden talents — they’re all right on the surface. She sings, dances, makes odd little craft projects in school. Yesterday it was a large tongue depressor with two long strips of crepe paper glued to each end, covered with sequins. I have no idea what it was, but told her it was the most beautiful thing of its kind ever created.
It’s entirely possible to be sure that your kids are the best kids in the world, but the logistics and ethics of that project would be… prohibitive