Not long ago, my daughter (known online as Little Miss R) brought this essay home from her first-grade class. Look at that! I have a cool job! I was pretty delighted by this. This past weekend, LMR picked up a pretty bad virus that kept her home with me for four days straight. To pass the time on one of those days, I decided to interview her. Here's how it went. I typed exactly what she said--except for the end, when she begged me to let her have a turn at the keyboard. * * * Me: You’re home today because you’re sick. And I’m home with you because this is where I do my work. What do you know about my work? LMR: You write books. And you write them about ladies in dresses. They all have shiny words on the front. Me: That’s all true. What are your favorite kinds of books? LMR: Ones that are Garfield books and princess books. I like them because there are movies based on them and I like movies that are from books. Me: So you like w...
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