The Dad Who Did Not Let Me Do Text Chat
Somehow or another, my husband and I have produced this high-maintenance, picky, precocious, drama queen of a child. She is 7 years old. Though she’s a good reader, she far more enjoys writing her own books than reading other peoples’ material, thank-you-very-much.
She and her father also enjoy playing this online game called Wizard 101, which is like World of Warcrack for elementary school children. Apparently while playing last night, she wanted to engage the ‘text chat’ feature of the game and talk with her fellow gamers. Her father put the kibosh on it.
So what did she do? She wrote a book about it:
THE DAD WHO DID NOT LET ME DO TEXT CHAT
Page 1: Dad! Let me text chat!
Page 2: No!
Page 3: Please
Page 4: Please
Pages 5 & 6: NO!
Page 7: Oh foowy! (i.e. phooey)
Page 8: Fine!
Page 9: Fine!
The End
I played that game, briefly. (I’m addicted to the REAL* crack, alas). Cute story. Can’t wait for the kid to get published.
*I mean World of Warcraft, not actual street crack.