Octopus Beans

SCENE: The Impala this morning at 8 am. Little One just dropped off at school. Me driving, Patch in the back seat.

PATCH (age 4): Hey Daddy?

ME: Yes my dear?

PATCH: One time there was a boy who kept eating beans.

ME: (Uh-oh, where’s this heading?) Yeah …

PATCH: He kept eating and eating and eating them. Eating them all up.

ME: (guarded) What happened?

PATCH: He turned into an octopus!

ME: He turned into an octopus?!

PATCH: Yeah, he was eating octopus beans!

ME: I never even heard of octopus beans!

PATCH: (giggling)

ME: So what did his mommy say?

PATCH: (without missing a beat) “We have to stop buying octopus beans at the store!”