E: “Daddy, can I play with your sword?”

S: “Espoir, What is the rule for my sword?”

E: “Um… I dunno”

S: “Yes you do”

E: “I can play when I ask?”

S: “No Espoir try again”

E: “I cant play with it.”

S: “No you can’t”

E: “but dad!”

S: “no buts, I don’t want you getting hurt”

E: “I won’t get hurt though!”

S: “The sword is sharp.”

E: “I’ll be very careful”

S: “Espoir, the answer is no.”

E: “please?”

S: “no”

E: “dad please”

S: “I said no”

E: “dad”

S: “Espoir, you have a knife that’s not sharp, play with that.”

E: “But I don’t want to play with that”

S: “Why do you want to play with the sword?”

E: “Because it’s a big girl sword.”

S: “Espoir, you probably couldn’t even lift it.”

E: “Yeah huh!”

S: “How do you know?”

E: “Because I brought it to you once”

S: “You dragged it to me”

E: “I can pick it up.”

S: “Espoir, it’s heavy”

E: “I strong”

S: “Espoir, the answer is no”

E: “Then can you sharpen my knife?”

S: “Why would you need a sharp knife?”

E: “For fun!”

S: “Fun? What are you going to do with it?”

E: “I’m learning to throw it”

S: “So you want to throw it? At what?”

E: “The squirrel outside!”

S: “Why do you want to throw it at the squirrel?”

E: “It keeps getting into my room.”

S: “Why didn’t you tell me about it?”

E: “I wanted to do it myself dad!”

S: “Espoir, I know you’re a big girl, you don’t have to prove it”

E: “But I want to, I want to show you”

S: “If you cut yourself I’ll tell you I told you so.”

E: “I know”

S: “Do hyou still want it sharp?”

E: “Yes!”

S: “Go get it, I will sharpen it.”

E: “Okay!”

S: “Here you go”

E: “Thanks dad!”

S: “woah be careful”

E: “Sorry, I got excited.”

S: “You have to be very careful now okay”

E: “Okay”

S: “Here, you have to hold it like this.”

E: “Like that”

S: “Yes.”

E: “Okay”

S: “Now swing like this”

E: “okay”

S: “Great job babygirl”

E: “thanks daddy!”