Two nights ago I came upstairs, in that twilight hour between bath and bed, to find Cody rushing into the hallway to tattle on Cordelia, with Cordelia hot on his heels. What was the problem, I asked serenely. The scene played out as follows:
Cody: Cordelia tried to show me her privates!
Cordelia: Do NOT tell Daddy!
Cody: She pulled her pants down and she tried to show me her privates, Daddy. [pantomimes pulling the front of his pants down over his crotch]
JVL: That is not acceptable. Cordelia, you do not show other people your privates.
[Cordelia exits the hallway sullenly]
Cody: But Daddy--do NOT worry. Because I turned around and didn't look BEFORE she could show her privates to me. So I did not see them.
JVL: Well, that was quick thinking. Well done.
At this point I suggested that Cody put his pajamas on because--this is the punchline--throughout the entire exchange he was stark naked.
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I just fell off my chair laughing!
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