Sunday, June 05, 2005
Boo's Obsession: Part IV
In Boo's world, there's only one thing better than a ball, and that's two of them. You can imagine his excitement, then, when he came across a jar of marbles at the ranch this afternoon. Using a technique borrowed from the guessing game featuring jellybeans, I did a rough approximation, and I'd estimate that Boo's ecstasy was about 350 balls strong. When combined with a brief horseback ride and his first skinny dip in the lake, Boo had a banner day. So I'm unable to account for the misery that is now arising from the depths of his small being. I've rocked him and sung to him. In contravention of every parenting book I've ever read, I've given him a bottle of juice. (No, it couldn't have been milk; he doesn't drink it.) I've even searched the house for balls to offer him as a comforting soporific. But now that Boo has experienced nirvana, perhaps I'm about 345 balls short.
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