She was a stinker, yes she was. She wanted what she wanted, when she wanted it. She was only four years old, but she was starting to figure it out. The more persistent you are...the better chance you have of getting what you want.
In this case it was a Ho-Ho. There was a brand new box sitting in the kitchen. Her mom had just bought them and they were supposed to be for a treat for later. All she could think about was those foil wrapped chocolate crumbs with the cream inside. It was fun to unwrap the Ho-Ho, peel off the chocolate coating and try to unroll the Ho-Ho.
Her mom was gone and dad was in charge. "This should be easy, she thought, dad will let me have a Ho-Ho before dinner." She persisted, but it wasn't working. He kept saying no, not until after dinner. He held firm on the fact that the Ho-Ho's are for later. She, in her four years of wisdom, had learned to never give up. She kept after her dad..."I want a Ho-Ho!"
Finally, dad caved and gave her the Ho-Ho. She unwrapped the shiny foil, peeled a little of the chocolate coating off, took one bite...and pushed it away! "I don't want it."
Well...after all of the persistence do you think dad was going to let that get by? Not a chance. "You wanted it, so you eat it." She sat for what seemed like an eternity eating those icky chocolate crumbs and she didn't even have a glass of milk.
Moral of the story...Be careful what you ask for!
For more than ten years after the great Ho-Ho experience, the girl wouldn't eat "chocolate crumbs". Birthday cakes in chocolate were never had. I'm not sure what changed her mind about the chocolate crumbs, but she still won't eat a Ho-Ho.
She was a stinker as you can see...Now, I have to admit, that little girl was ME!
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