The Owl

Pia: (in a muffled voice, from inside the toilet) Sammy looks like an owl.

Daddy: (in the kitchen, didn't quite hear clearly) What did you say?

Pia: Sammy looks like an owl

Daddy: (to Mommy) ??

Mommy: Like an owl

Daddy: (to Pia) Why is Sammy like an owl?

Pia: (something indistinct) !

Daddy: (going over to Pia) Why is Sammy like an owl?

Pia: Stop it!

Daddy: ??? Why is Sammy like an owl?

Pia: Dahdee...Sammy is not like an owl.  He's a baby.

Daddy: But you said he's like an owl

Pia: I didn't say Sammy is like an owl

Daddy: What did you say?

Pia: (pointing to the window, outside of which are birds cawing) I said "That sounds like an owl"

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