"Jet, would you like to do gymnastics?"
"No, Momma, only girls do 'nastics. I don't want to do 'nastics."
"Boys, really strong boys do gymnastics, too. It's very cool."
"Oh. Hm..." thinking, "Huh. Girls do her-nastics. Boys do him-nastics... and hmm... flowers do flower-nastics, rocks do rock-nastics, mamas do mama-nastics, and Daddies do daddy-nastics! Water does water-nastics. Computers do computer-nastics. Cars do car-nastics and vans do van-nastics."
"What do 'nanas have?"
"'Nanas have peels."
"No, Momma, only girls do 'nastics. I don't want to do 'nastics."
"Boys, really strong boys do gymnastics, too. It's very cool."
"Oh. Hm..." thinking, "Huh. Girls do her-nastics. Boys do him-nastics... and hmm... flowers do flower-nastics, rocks do rock-nastics, mamas do mama-nastics, and Daddies do daddy-nastics! Water does water-nastics. Computers do computer-nastics. Cars do car-nastics and vans do van-nastics."
"What do 'nanas have?"
"'Nanas have peels."
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Date: 2005-03-23 09:51 pm (UTC)BTW, if you want to, you can tell him Iolanthe's gymnastics class has several boys in it.
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Date: 2005-03-23 10:30 pm (UTC)