Wednesday, February 11, 2009

A tantrum that I love

Yes, there is a certain type of tantrum that gives me the giggles. The Animalia yells. She gently tumbles to the floor. She rolls halfheartedly back and forth. She realizes that the wood floor is slipperly against her pants. Then she starts sliding herself backward and forward, like a snake. She realizes that I'm cracking up. She makes a slightly angry noise at me for laughing at her. She hates that, when people laugh at her anger. She slides herself around the floor a minute. She stops, seeming to reconsider her tantrum. She makes one last halfhearted scowl and grunt. She's happy sliding around. And then she gets up and goes about her business like she wasn't throwing a tantrum in the first place.

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