Threes Can't Be Sneaky

Thank God!

That's the built in survival mechanism I guess. Can't be sneaky until you understand the consequences of what being sneaky might bring you.

on to the story...

Sophie said, in a normal voice, right in front of me, "Riley, you have that thing we don't want Mumma to know about."

Pure innocence, not a drop of sarcasm or dead-pan humor in there, no idea that maybe she should have whispered it or chatted in another room. Ah, the beauty of 3!

"Okay, Riley, what do you have?" I asked.

"A rubberband," and she handed it over. "I found it at the desk. It was just sitting there. I got it for you Mumma, because I didn't know what it was over there for."

uh huh. likely story.