Mom? Remember I said that I want a pet?
Yes honey. You do have pets, you have fish! And pretty soon you will have a baby sister, and that is almost the same thing.
I interjected a few seconds later
You know what she really is? A toy!
It’s a what?
I said, ‘she is really like a really cool toy!’[brief pause ]
It’s not a toy…IT’S A PET!
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