Eat, Sleep, Poop!
Sofiya: Please let this poor girl watch something online.
Baji: Errr...I am working. Besides, you’re not supposed to have any screen time.
Sofiya tilts her head and makes sad eyes at Baji.
Sofiya: Please! I haven’t seen anything since morning. I must watch something now.
Baji: Must?
Sofiya: Yes, Baji. I must.
Baji: There’s nothing you “must” do besides eat, sleep, and shit.
Ammi: I’ll thank you for not using such words when talking to my daughter? She picks up everything quickly.
Sofiya quickly adds...
Sofiya: Yes, Baji. Could you not use such words when talking to me? I pick up everything quickly.
Baji: Yes, you do. Okay then, I won’t if you tell me which one of these is a bad word: eat, sleep, or shit?
Ammi: Really?
Sofiya: Sleep?
Ammi: Really? Sleep?
Baji: Why sleep?
Sofiya: Because I don’t want to, but Mummy always makes me.
Baji: Why, Mummy? Must you torture this poor girl so?
Sofiya: Yes, Mummy. Please don’t torture me so.
Ammi: Why, you turncoat!
Sofiya: What’s a turncoat?
Baji: A nasty word. I’ll thank you for not using such terms for my niece. Shame on you!
Sofiya: Hahaha! Shame on you, Mummy! Turncoat! TURNCOAT! TURNCOAAAAAAT!
Ammi: Look what you’re teaching my daughter. But there’s no point talking to you. Allah! Give me sabr to deal with you!
Baji: Aameen!
Sofiya: Aameen!
Baji: By the way, the bad word is supposed to be ‘shit.’ Although I don’t see why it’s bad. What else am I supposed to say? Some childish shit like doo-doo? Poop? Dump? Dung?
Ammi: Baji, PLEASE! By God, you’re hopeless!
Ammi walks away in a huff.
Sofiya: Baji, what’s so bad about shit? I do it every day.
Baji: And a very nice thing you do. Wait till you have to clean it yourself.
Sofiya: I do. I hand the wet tissues to Mummy when she’s cleaning me. And I also use the potty.
Baji: Ah! My summer child! Anyway, what do you want to watch?
Sofiya: Mmm, I don’t know.
Baji: You don’t know what you “must” watch? I see.
Sofiya: Show me something nice, no?
Baji: Sigh! I am going to watch ‘The Wheels of The Bus’ for the 1000th time, no?
Sofiya: Hee hee! :D
