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This evening after dinner, I (M) was sitting with my daughter (D, going to be 4 yrs next week) and my son (S, 2 yrs +4 months) at the table. 9 X4 o a2 Y; ?* A4 _$ c
# o* H9 _& F- @. oPrior to the conversation S was very mad with me because he had a time-out due to his earlier misbehavior. . w' A* k5 N* n Z) v
9 p- R& T3 S7 y) u# m7 [" F& B(Original transcript without correction or translation)1 O9 O# x/ X2 I$ L& G
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S: Don’t be mad, Mama! I’m gonna kill you.
! g# P& L# U; h1 [9 _D: (to Mama, in a dramatic tone) Oh, dear, I’m really sorry.
7 e( p& h) W. x, pM: Why are YOU sorry?( c: V9 ~) j; S X3 k+ e4 n( g+ Y+ T
D: I’m sorry that S wants to kill you.
2 m, [+ e6 `+ z& O3 x3 W7 }M: Maybe he should kill me, then I don’t suffer any more. You can take care of yourselves.
0 y+ L K0 p6 DD: No, we can’t take care of ourselves. We need you.
% d/ Q8 i2 A+ q9 \1 k' m. C5 MM: What do you need me for?
0 z* n: P: |: c4 p; v, ^D: To drive us, to open the door for us, to take care of us.
( s7 E9 x% w( T6 OM: So you only need me to do things for you, but do you love me? % {/ C3 Y5 f% Y3 ~; o9 X8 a9 k4 ~, U
D: Yes, I love Mama (followed by a hug and a kiss to Mama).
N0 Q" X6 |5 j3 }6 Q& LS: I love Papa (saying defensively while looking at D and M hugging and kissing).* N) O+ U8 ]8 d4 Z$ @0 `) W
M: S, do you love Mama?
9 A2 a$ A2 ^1 m" u9 GS: I love Papa (walking away from Mama).4 j3 [2 w1 l6 l: Y$ j
M: (following him)Don’t you love Mama?! e6 W' H+ \% Q. c$ V/ Q' T
S: (turning back to Mama) Yes.) G c5 t1 D" ]5 E; Z7 t9 v
M: (sigh of relief).8 B% [5 {( {4 n" C
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Oh, boy, am I lucky. |
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