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A boy had reached four without giving up the habit of
sucking his thumb, though his mother had tried everything
from bribery to reasoning to painting it with lemon juice
to discourage the habit. Finally she tried threats, warning
her son that, "If you don't stop sucking your thumb, your
stomach is going to blow up like a balloon."
Later that day, walking in the park, mother and son saw a pregnant woman sitting on a bench. The four-year-old considered her gravely for a minute, then said to her, "Uh-oh ... I know what *you've* been doing." |