ah, idioms
Nadia (as a non-sequitor to the ongoing conversation): Maybe it's because you didn't want to read the dinosaur book!
Becca: I didn't know the dinosaur book was on the table.
Nadia: It's not! It's on the couch.
Becca: (attempts to explain phrase "on the table," which probably goes over Nadia's head)
a minute or two later...
Nadia (muttering under her breath to herself). I'm hungry. Maybe a real table would help.