Ah, Bless.

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(Scene is set; a conversation is taking place between a small boy - who had just completed an enthusiastically proud walk along a wall ledge - and the woman walking beside him, presumably his mother...)

SMALL BOY: (thrilled) did you see? Did you see? Wasn't it great? I walked all the way along, just like this (cue him miming the action)! Wasn't that great?
MOTHER: (rueful) yes, I saw. It was very good. I am always worried you are going to fall off, though.
SMALL BOY: (indulgently condescending) oh, come now, when you walk spread your arms out like this (cue him stretching his arms out in the manner of a tight-rope walker) you can't fall off; it's impossible! So you don't need to worry about me. It's quite all right.
MOTHER: (nods sagely) I see. Well, that's good to know.

(Scene ends; with mother and son turning into a nearby shop. The mother rumples her young son's hair affectionately and smiles down at him as they pass out of sight.)

.END.

.....Ah.
     Out of the mouths of babes.....

Alice x