Ben sits behind me in the green car, turning the pages of a board book
MUMMY! What is THIS? I can't see, love, I'm driving. What is it? It's a bird! [pause in which I feel something more is required from me] OH! Nice! What colour is the bird? It's brown. [pause] MUMMY! What is THIS? I can't see, love, I'm driving. What is it? It's a tree! Oh, a tree. Does it have apples on it? [I know this book quite well] YES! RED apples! How many apples are there? There are .... [counts apples] seven. SEVEN, Mummy! [pause] MUMMY! What is THIS? I can't see, love, I'm driving. [getting desperate] Do you want to listen to the radio? NO! MUMMY! What is THIS? I can't see, Ben, I'm driving. What is it?
For twenty minutes. I am NEVER FORGETTING MY IPOD AGAIN.
