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Friday, April 19,
2013
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Mom: Well, Emma, I'm so sorry to tell you that the
doctor determined you're allergic to cats and dogs and probably to horses as
well. I know they're all your
favorites.
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Emma
(cheerfully): That's okay, Mama. At least I'm not allergic to my favorite of
all -- unicorns. Right!?
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Mom (on returning
home): Julia, Emma's allergic to cats
and dogs.
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Julia: Oh, no.
That means we'll never see Emma again.
(see having once had a cat named Emma as well as a child named Emma
makes interpretation of life and comments difficult sometimes; fortunately in
this case, Mama knew that Julia was not ditching Emma in order to get a pet;
she really was expressing disappointment that we would not be able to see Emma
the cat again. . . I assured her that Emma's allergies wouldn't get in the way
of seeing Emma the cat on occasion)