Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Revolution Will Be On Sale

Scene: The happy family returns from a Pre-Thanksgiving Let's-Avoid-The-Grumpy-Folks window-shopping-for-toys excursion. The living room. A has just run off to the bathroom. M & J are sitting on the davenport with a toy catalog from a big box store. M turns to the spread with war toys and five-year-old Ninja-Warrior-wanna-bes posing with light-up swords.

Throwing his liberal, "I read banned books" morals to the winds, J accepts the pages torn out by M and hastily stuffs them into his sweater pocket.

A returns, grabs catalog: "Look, J! It's the pyramid! Why do you like Egyptian stuff, anyway?"

...and a mostly peaceful evening ensues.

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