Conversations You Have with a Five Year-Old

(The Short Bus is precariously perched atop a stool, struggling to reach for a piece of candy in a cabinet that is just beyond his reach.)

XMASTIME: Hey! Don't do that!  I'll get it for you.
THE SHORT BUS: Why?
XMASTIME: Because you'll fall.
THE SHORT BUS: But Rats. that's how I'll learn!
XMASTIME: Not if you already know it, professor.