"You can't say no?"
He looks at me, astounded.
He's seven. What does he know?
"You just say no," he says.
"If the person doesn't hear you,
you say, "Uh oh, and run."
Nancy Canyon
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2 comments:
Adorable moment, well-captured.
Makes me laugh to think about it.
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