A New Addition to "Conversations with a Child"

Here's a great one I had to add to my book, even though it wasn't my kids. (Keep in mind that I'll add any great ones you've heard, too!) Franz's mom overheard this in a public restroom. A little girl was inside the stall while her mother held the door shut from the outside. We're guessing, by the sound of her voice and her comments that she must have been around Maddie's age.

Girl: Mommy! Guess what! I can wipe myself with my hand!
Mother: Oh..honey. You really should use toilet paper.

Here's one from Maddie, after seeing a picture of conjoined twins:
Maddie: Mommy, are those two babies together and not two babies by themselves?
Me: Yes.
Maddie: Are those two babies together like a puzzle?

(Hollered across a pizza joint at me):
Maddie: Mommy, I have a really bad rash on my bottom!

And, finally, one I've "borrowed" from Reader's Digest - a very real conversation. A mother was visiting the zoo with her 4-year-old daughter one spring - the Season of Love. While they were observing the large tortoises, one climbed on top of another. Quickly and anxiously, the mother tried to think up answers for the questions she knew were coming as she watched her daughter's perplexed face. Finally the girl spoke, "Mommy, why doesn't he just go around?