Little Girl Wants Puppy Dog

A little girl and her mother enter a pet store.

Little Girl: Ooh! A puppy dog! I like this puppy dog. It's fun. It makes me laugh. It's cuddly and cute. I want this puppy dog. Mommy, I want this puppy dog!

Mommy: Sweetie, why do you want this puppy dog? There are so many other kinds of puppy dogs out there. This one, well . . . Daddy and I don't really think this is the puppy dog you should have. Don't let it bother you that all your friends are starting to get puppy dogs. Not having a puppy dog doesn't make it any less fun playing hopscotch and jump rope and freeze tag and hide-and-go-seek, does it? Besides, you're just a little girl. Enjoy being a little girl.

Little girl picks up the puppy dog and cuddles it.

Little Girl: But Mommy, I want this puppy dog. And I'm not a little girl. I'm a big girl! And big girls can have puppy dogs, because big girls are big enough to take care of them. And I want this puppy dog, Mommy!

Mommy: Sweetie, what did Mommy say? Not this one. You can get a different one another day.

Little girl: No, Mommy, I'm a big girl! And I want this puppy dog!

Mommy: Put the puppy dog down, sweetie. Not this one. Another day.

Little girl: No, Mommy!

Mommy: Listen to Mommy, sweetie. Mommy said no!

Little girl: No!

Mommy makes a motion to take the puppy away, and Little girl clutches it tighter. She begins to cry.

Little girl: No, Mommy, no! It's not fair! I'm a big girl! I'm a big girl!

Little girl gets hysterical and starts pitching a fit. Mommy thinks for a minute.

Mommy: (sigh) Okay, sweetie, you're right. You really are a big girl. Daddy and I have to realize that.

Little girl stops crying and looks at Mommy quizzically.

Mommy: If that's the puppy you want, Mommy is not going to say anything else negative about it.

Little girl: You—you're not? But, but . . .

Mommy wanders off to look at the parakeets. Little girl looks at the puppy in her arms and begins examining it.