Conversation with My God-Daughter
(at Billings Museum)
Mistlegoo: (to the woman behind the desk at the museum) If you have a job, you can't get married and have a baby.
Me: Where did you hear that?
Mistlegoo: My Mummy told me.
Me: Really? Because that *really* doesn't sound like something your Mom would say.
Mistlegoo: ... well, I figured it out myself.
Me: Ok, but I have a job and a baby.
Mistlegoo: (eyes bug out) REALLY? What's your job?
Me: I work for the National Capital Commission.
Mistlegoo: Oh.
Me: And who's my baby?
Mistlegoo: Moe. (pause) (eyes suddenly really big) Do you work for MOE?
Me: *pause* Yes.
Mistlegoo: (to the woman behind the desk at the museum) If you have a job, you can't get married and have a baby.
Me: Where did you hear that?
Mistlegoo: My Mummy told me.
Me: Really? Because that *really* doesn't sound like something your Mom would say.
Mistlegoo: ... well, I figured it out myself.
Me: Ok, but I have a job and a baby.
Mistlegoo: (eyes bug out) REALLY? What's your job?
Me: I work for the National Capital Commission.
Mistlegoo: Oh.
Me: And who's my baby?
Mistlegoo: Moe. (pause) (eyes suddenly really big) Do you work for MOE?
Me: *pause* Yes.