On the Kitchen Counter

... where Damian likes to sit and watch me cook...

-"Mommy, my back hurts"
-"Why, what happened?
-"Somebody hit me, like that"
-"Who hit you?"
-"Oh... no I fell..."
-"You fell?"
(Pause)
-"Damian, why don't you take a few moments, and decide which story you want to tell me first, and then tell me how it happened, okay?"
(Pause)
-"I was walking like this and then I went like that and I hurt my back...."
- "Oh poor baby, I have an idea! How about I eat that part of your back, this way I will take your owie away, and it won't hurt anymore..."
- "How about you kiss it better"
-"Okay"