10 Daddy and child conversations
Kids ask tough questions.
Like: "Do fish get thirsty?"
I replied that they do, and the most common cause of preventable fish death are the greedy ones drinking up all the water in their tanks.
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"And why isn't there a country called Old Zealand?" the child continues (questions rarely have logical connections).
"It sank," I said. "Which is why they had to b…
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