Friends

A conversation with Bobcat as he was reading to me (The Big Red Barn):

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Bobcat: I wish I was already big like you.
Daddio: Why, so that you would already know how to read the big words?
B: Yeah...
D: Well, you're doing a good job for a first grader. And besides, I don't want you to be big yet. I love having little boys.
B: Well, I'll still be your friend.

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Isn't that sweet? I actually look forward to being "friends" with the grown up Bobcat. But I will miss him.