My boys, like most boys, are partial to chocolate (and sweets) of various kinds. So partial are they, that they have devised various ruses to overcome my ration-minded ways.
Yesterday, Tiarnan, two, sidled up to me: "Can I have chocolate, Daddy?"
I looked down at him, as he did his best to be appealing, open-eyed and big of smile.
I could have said, no, but I relented.
As I turned to walk towards the kitchen, I noted that Fintan, five, had moved in behind Tiarnan. Was this, then, a ploy of the two boys - to send the cutest first, to ask permission...and then for the other to join in? We would see.
I opened the freezer, in which the Secret Chocolate Supply is kept. Two expectant faces looked up at me as I reached in. I stopped, then, in mid-reach.
"There is no chocolate for good boys...", I began.
Disappointment flared in four eyes. Two faces threatened to be crestfallen.
"Only for bad boys."
Disappointment turned to hope in each eye.
"Are you bad boys?" I enquired, knowing them to be good ones.
They nodded, at once, in unison, with the utmost passion and declared, in choral tones: "YES!"
I had to laugh. They were like a little comedy duo, who moved as if all had been planned to act as one - but I am sure it was not a matter of forethought, just a matter of rapport.
I gave them each a chunk of chocolate. Two happier "bad" boys, you have never seen.
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