the boy believes in second chances

"Can you skip like THIS?"

"Like THIS?"

"No, that's not it, Mama. Like THIS!"

"How's this?"

"No."

"Hmm."

"Anyway, I've been practicing my skip since I was one. Maybe when you're all done and you start again, you can start trying it when you are one and then you'll get it."

"Are you saying that maybe I'll learn to skip like you in my next life?"

"Uh-huh." (Skipping away across the park.)

"Gee thanks, Iz."