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la_rainetteFroglet (blood-curdling scream): MOM! MOOOOOM! There's a big spider in the bathroom!
la rainette (reasonably): there are no big spiders here, Froglet. The tarantula we saw at Leah's birthday party is a big spider. There are no spiders that big on the loose in Toronto, my Froglet. And small spiders are nothing to be afraid of.
(Which basically means: I won't come because I am terrified of spiders, whatever their size, but I'd rather not show you how scared I am. Not that I care if you think I'm a coward, I'd just rather not pass that on to you.)
Froglet runs off. Comes back 10 seconds later.
Froglet: There's a medium-sized spider in the bathroom, mom. IT'S NOT FUNNY!
I do wish she wouldn't make me laugh so much. It hurts my phantom tooth.
la rainette (reasonably): there are no big spiders here, Froglet. The tarantula we saw at Leah's birthday party is a big spider. There are no spiders that big on the loose in Toronto, my Froglet. And small spiders are nothing to be afraid of.
(Which basically means: I won't come because I am terrified of spiders, whatever their size, but I'd rather not show you how scared I am. Not that I care if you think I'm a coward, I'd just rather not pass that on to you.)
Froglet runs off. Comes back 10 seconds later.
Froglet: There's a medium-sized spider in the bathroom, mom. IT'S NOT FUNNY!
I do wish she wouldn't make me laugh so much. It hurts my phantom tooth.
