Owen: “Stop petting me! I’m not an animal!”
James: laughing
Owen: “I said stop petting me! I’m playing people! I’m a people! NOT AN AMINAL!”
James: laughing
Owen: “A PEOPLE! WE ARE PLAYING PEOPLE NOW! NOT ANIMALS! STOP PETTING ME!”
a moment of silence from both of them
James: crying, and then “Mama!”
“What strange creatures brothers are!” —Jane Austen