Homage to Gary Larson.

"Daddy, look, I found a worm!"

He holds up both hands, each clutching something wriggly.

"The worm was too big, so I made two baby worms."

Somewhere, a worm family will be going to bed without their father.

So awful. We are sorry.

Later, there was a not-small argument with his sister involving the role of various parental figures in their lives:

“Sissy!”
he stormed at her.
”Mommy is not your mommy! She’s my mommy! Daddy is your mommy!”

She grinned in her inimitable way that is masterful at egging little brothers on, and I believe there was never a resolution. C’est la vie.

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The Ramones or The Clash?

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