(Back home after a swim at the Mt. Scott pool, packing for our trip to see my parents. Grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner.)
"Look at the monster I drew. ( I look.) No. Look at it."
then
"Why am I not at school today?"
"Is there anything at school today?"
"What is school doing then?"
and later, after humming the song from the opening credits of the cartoon Arthur for three hours while playing trucks, in a kind of disgusted voice:
"How can you listen to your heart?"