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I yam what I yam

12.02.2013 by David Murray // 1 Comment

To reward her for some hard-earned straight As and to convince her that school isn't everything, we took Scout to the Chicago Symphony on a school night and told her she could sleep in the next day. She woke up late and sat on the edge of her bed crying. "I don't want to be late."

She hurried and got ready, and came down with her backpack and announced with an air of resignation, "Dad, I guess I'm just going to be a good student my whole life."

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  1. Mike says

    December 3, 2013 at 10:00 am

    I think you should keep her!

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