The girl answers cheerfully, “HI MOM!”
“Hi! How are you?”
“FINE. WANT TO HEAR THE FOUR HORRIBLE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME TODAY?”
She was in quite a good mood despite the untimely demise of Peanut, the class guinea pig, the fact that her skirt ripped (someone was sitting on it, as they sat on the floor and she stood up), she hit her jaw (on someone’s head) and bit her tongue (IT HURTS TO EAT, she said).
Obviously, it didn’t hurt to talk yell on the phone.
