[At dinner. Completely deadpan]
Charles: Can I be done? I’m full. My stomach hurts. Ow.
I ended up taking Charles to his string band practice. They have a break halfway through at which point (Mom had informed me) it was necessary to buy a cookie, which because it was closing time were on sale 2 for 1. Charles told me the cookie during break was the only reason he went to string band practice. He also claimed that Mom made him just sit with her.
I checked this with Mom later and she said she had been making him play with the other children. I wondered why, if Charles was going to mislead me, he didn’t claim that Mom let him eat both cookies. I guess not having to interact with other children was more important than an extra cookie.