“How old are you?”
“How old do you think I am?”
“I don’t know. Thirty-two?”
“Today you are my favorite child.”
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A Conversation With Coraline: Running the Numbers
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A Conversation With Coraline: Which Witch
After she asks me to put on a TV show called Little Charmers:
“So what’s Little Charmers about?”
“It’s about these girls with magic powers and they do charms and fly around on brooms.”
“Oh, so they’re witches.”
“They’re not witches, they’re Little Charmers.”
“You said they do spells and fly around on brooms.”
“I said they have magic powers and do charms and fly on brooms.”
“You do know that’s pretty much the literal definition of a witch, right?”
“THEY’RE NOT WITCHES! THEY’RE LITTLE CHARMERS!”
“I give up.”
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A Conversation With Coraline: Name That Tune
Singing: “Bow-chick-a-wow-wowww.”
“Um, where did you hear that song?”
“From E at school. Bow-chick-a-wow-wowww.”
“I’d prefer you not sing it, OK?”
“Why not? It’s fun. I love singing it!”
“Because I said not to, OK? I don’t like that song.”
“Well, I do.”
“Well, I don’t.”
Sighing: “Fine.” A minute later, sotto voce: “Bow-chick-a-wow-wowww.”
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A Conversation With Coraline: Bird, Meet Bee
“Mommy, I really want a baby sister.”
“I know. Tell your father since I can’t do anything about that without him.”
“Yeah, because he needs to be at the hospital to help when the baby is born.”
“Well … that’s, uh, part of it.”
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A Conversation With Coraline: Heaven Is a One-Way Trip
After discussing our dearly departed dogs:
“Why do people not come back from heaven?”
“Because they just don’t, sweetie. People and animals don’t live forever. But the good thing is in heaven you’re healthy and happy, and you know someday you will see your loved ones again.”
“Yes, when their time on earth has passed.”
“Wait — what did you just say?”
Simply smiles in reply.
“How old are you?”
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A Conversation With Coraline: The Publix Checkout Line
Pointing: “Can you buy me that book?”
“Which one?”
“The one with the wedding girls.”
“That’s not a book. It’s a bridal magazine.”
“What’s that?”
“It’s to help women plan their weddings. And you are not currently planning your wedding.”
While flipping through the pages of the magazine: “Because I still need to find my prince first.”
“You’re three. You’ve got a few more decades to go.”
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