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Me: “Leta, do you want to help carve this pumpkin?”
Leta: “Can I just watch?”
Me: “Sure, but don’t you just want to jab it with this knife? COME ON!”
Leta: “No, thank you.”
Me: “What if I throw in a book? You can read a book afterward.”
Leta: “Maybe just one jab.”