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Coming! Ready or not!


My son has never quite got the hang of hide-and-seek. Not when he’s been playing it with me, at any rate. A typical game goes like this:
“Daddy, I’ll hide and you can find me”
“ok”
…….
“Well start counting then!”
“Oh! ok…. 1… 2… ”
he runs off and hides
“… 18 … 19…. 20! Coming! Ready or not!”
“now….. is he hiding under this plate?”
(I hear giggles)
“Is he hiding in this DVD case?”
(more giggles)
“Is he inside this magazine?”
(laughter)
“Is he hiding in my pocket?”
(fits of laughter now)
“Oh I give up, he can’t be in here anywhere! I’m going to have to eat all the cake myself if I can’t find him!”
“I’m behind the sofa!!”
And this little gem from last weekend:
“Daddy, can we play hide and seek?”
“Not right now, this is a big park and I don’t want you running off where I can’t see you”
He looks around and thinks for a second. He points. “Well, I’ll be right behind that tree over there then.”

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  1. #1 by Cal at September 2nd, 2004

    Oh, this takes me back to when daughter #3 used to do magic shows for us. (she’s now 16 and would die if she knew I’d published this on the net!) She used to show empty hands then say “close your eyes!”, we would, then we’d hear lots of rustling in the ever-present carrier bag, then “Open them” and there would be a large bunch of artificial flowers in her hands. We never failed to applaud and so the show never improved, nor her skills as a magician! Happy Days though.

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