Tuesday, December 14, 2004

I'm going to be the Bad Guy!

Judah, Riva and I were eating dinner. Riva and I had the following conversation:

"Dad, talk about your day"
"Well I had lunch with my friend John and Bryant and Bryant is publishing a book"
"What's the book about?"
"Terrorists"
"What's a terrorist?" Riva asked.
"Umm...they are the bad guys trying to blow up the world" I said.
"Why?" Riva said looking confused.
"I guess they are unhappy people" I replied. "But it's only make believe story. The good guys always win anyway"
"Oh phew..." Riva said.
"And Bryant is going to write a sequel" I added.
"What's a sequel?" Riva asked
"It's like part II. Like Shrek II. "
"And guess what" I said raising my voice.
"What?" Riva said perking up.
"I and John may be in it! And guess what we are going to be? The Good or the Bad Guy?"
"What?" Riva eyes widen.
"We're going to be the Bad Guys!!!!"
"Oh...." she smiled... "I thought you were going to be the good guys. Why?"
"Because it'll be fun! I'm the good guy in real life. I want to be different in the book. It's like what you played the bad queen Vashti in Purim"
"Oh yeah. Did you know that men sometimes play women in the play and women play men. My friend Joseph played Queen Esti and my friend Leah played Mordechai."
"Yeah, it all make believe and fun."
"Dad, is there a little girl in Part II?"
"Um...I dunno...why?"
"Um...I'm just wondering..."
"You're wondering if there is a little girl and if you can be the little girl?"
"Yeah..."
"Well it couldn't hurt for me to ask Bryant. If there is, would you like to the good little girl or bad little girl?"
"Good little girl"
"Ok I'll ask him..."

And we went back to eating our chicken nuggets and brocoli.

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