Murray & Sol Take the A Train

SETTING: MARTHAWHO and BABY-ME are sitting in MINI-ME's room watching MR. MARTHAWHO and MINI-ME make up stories before MINI-ME goes to bed. (Side Note: the MARTHAWHO family members are descended from Catholic ancestors...)

MR. MARTHAWHO
OK pick another letter?

MINI-ME
Okay! Uhhhhhhhhhhh....... okay....... uhhhhhhhh..... how bee bout a "D" Daddy!

MR. MARTHAWHO
Good one. We haven't done that one yet. What begins with the letter D?

MINI-ME
Duhhhhhhh.... Duhhhhhhh..... Duhhhaaaadddeee! Daddy! Daddy begins with D.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Good. What else?

MINI-ME
Duhhhhhhh.... Duhhhhhh.....Duhhhohnut! Doughnut begins with D!

MR. MARTHAWHO
Good one! What else?

MARTHAWHO
Look at baby sister's jammies. What's on her jammies that starts with the letter D?

MINI-ME
Oh. Ducks! Ducks start with the letter D, Daddy.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Good. Should we make up a story about a duck then?

MINI-ME
Yup.

MR. MARTHAWHO
So once upon a time there was a duck and his name was....

MARTHAWHO
Donald!

MINI-ME
Shhhh, Mommy, that is NOT okay. It is NOT Donald.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Yeah Mommy, stay out of it. Go ahead then -- the duck's name is....?

MINI-ME
Uh...... the duck's name is Mmmmmmmurrrrrry.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Murray? Murray the Duck?

MINI-ME
Yup. Murray the Duck.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Okay. So Murray the Duck was walking down the street one day and he decided to ....?

MINI-ME
Take a bus!

MR. MARTHAWHO
Cool. So he takes a bus....? Where does he take the bus?

MINI-ME
Downtown! Downtown begins with D!

MR. MARTHAWHO
Great! So Murray the Duck is on the Downtown bus. And what does he do when he gets there?

MINI-ME
He sees his friend!

MR. MARTHAWHO
Another ducky friend?

MINI-ME
No -- it's a cat!

MR. MARTHAWHO
And what's the cat's name?

MINI-ME
It's..... it's... The Cat's name is Sollllllly.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Sally the cat?

MINI-ME
No Daddy. SOLLY the Cat.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Murray the Duck.

MINI-ME
Yep.

MR. MARTHAWHO
And Solly the Cat.

MINI-ME
Right, Daddy. That's right.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Got it. I think we know how this story ends. Something about a diner and some knishes yadda yadda yadda.

MINI-ME
Right Daddy. Yadda yadda. Good job.

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