This from Lauren last night, in the car on the way home from school:
Daddy, I’ve just made this up, right: imagine there’s this girl, right, and her name’s Suzie – I don’t even know why she’s called Suzie, I’ve just made it up! – and she’s asleep, yeah, and she’s dreaming, but in that dream she’s dreaming, and in that dream she’s having a dream, yeah, and in that dream, dreaming, and in that dream, dreaming, and in that dream, dreaming, and so on, right, until she gets to, like, one-hundred-and-eleven dream, and in that dream… she’s thinking about little doggies because she really loves doggies.
That’s pretty much word for word. (She really did say “and so on”!) Note the lack of full stops because, as we all know, full stops are where you pause to take a breath.
haha is that her very subtle way of telling you that she wants a dog for Xmas??
Stumbled onto your blog… its terrific. Feels a bit like foreshadowing (except for the fact that I have boys, and live in the states, and abandoned all dreams of a professional writing career years ago.)
At any rate, I intend to keep reading. So keep on.
Thanks you two. Nice to know someone else is enjoying this stuff!
She’s mastered recursion at a pretty early age. What’s next, device drivers?
Funny you should mention it, Mark. This was brought home from school 2 years ago: check out the ICT section.
http://bitrot.net/father/?attachment_id=275
You’re right about the recursion though: she even included a break-out clause!