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1 min readMay 7, 2017
Just finished brushing my three-year-old’s hair before bed.
“You’re so pretty!” I said.
“No I’m not,” she said, wandering off to the bookshelf to choose a bedtime story.
“Why? Why are you not pretty?” I said, a slight ring of surprise in my voice.
“Because I’m dangerous,” she replied.
No words.