M: “Yous cool daddy!” Mary wraps her arms around his neck.
“I’d like to hear that in fifteen years; you got that?”
Mary nods kissing his cheek.
“So now that I’m home, what’s on the agenda?”
“Okay, okay. Maybe I’m trying to make myself sound cooler in front of the daughter— in a couple of years, ill have to beg to be awesome. Doing flips and stuff in the just isn’t as cool as tigers!”
M: “Yous cool daddy!” Mary wraps her arms around his neck.
“I’d like to hear that in fifteen years; you got that?”
“But that is the truth! We used to do the trapeze, and then we’d do this tiger act. But don’t worry, Mary. They were nice tigers. They wouldn’t bite.”
Barbara raises an eyebrow. “You were a trapeze act, and the best. I don’t know what this tiger business is baby.” She kisses Mary’s forehead.
“Okay, okay. Maybe I’m trying to make myself sound cooler in front of the daughter— in a couple of years, ill have to beg to be awesome. Doing flips and stuff in the just isn’t as cool as tigers!”
M: “Tigers!” She giggles nuzzling in his arms.
“Oh yes! Daddy worked with tigers almost every night!”
M: “Really Daddy?!” Mary stares wide eyed.
“I used to stick my head in their mouths.” He laughs.
Mary reaches out inspecting his face. “Dick tell her the truth.”
“But that is the truth! We used to do the trapeze, and then we’d do this tiger act. But don’t worry, Mary. They were nice tigers. They wouldn’t bite.”
M: “Tigers!” She giggles nuzzling in his arms.
“Oh yes! Daddy worked with tigers almost every night!”
M: “Really Daddy?!” Mary stares wide eyed.
“I used to stick my head in their mouths.” He laughs.
Mary thinks before looking at her mother. “There were elephants weren’t there Mary?” M: “Yea daddys elfnts!” Barbara smiles tucking a stray curl behind Mary’s ear.
“And what else?” Dick asks, amused.
M: “Tigers!” She giggles nuzzling in his arms.
“Oh yes! Daddy worked with tigers almost every night!”
M: “Papas Alfred.visited mama for tea and broughts a coloring book! Mama said you used to lives wif some of the aminals!”
“I did live with many animals back when I was a boy! Do you remember which animals were in the book?”
Mary thinks before looking at her mother. “There were elephants weren’t there Mary?” M: “Yea daddys elfnts!” Barbara smiles tucking a stray curl behind Mary’s ear.
“And what else?” Dick asks, amused.
Mary squeals. “Daddy!” ”We do have doors you know.” She turns around kissing him.
“Doors are for losers. Besides, where’s the fun in that?” He laughs, lifting up Mary and gently tossing her in the air and catches her. “And how was your day, little one?”
M: “Papas Alfred.visited mama for tea and broughts a coloring book! Mama said you used to lives wif some of the aminals!”
“I did live with many animals back when I was a boy! Do you remember which animals were in the book?”
Barbara watched as her two year old daughter stumbled over to her. M: “Mama! Mama! ‘S Daddy homes yet?” She chuckled scooping the child up. Mary adored her father and was beginning to figure out when he’d be home. “Not yet he had to talk to grandpa on his way home.”
Dick snuck in through the window. He creeps up behind the two of them and whispers, “Boo.”
Mary squeals. “Daddy!” ”We do have doors you know.” She turns around kissing him.
“Doors are for losers. Besides, where’s the fun in that?” He laughs, lifting up Mary and gently tossing her in the air and catches her. “And how was your day, little one?”
