.

One of the kids had done something but I wasn’t sure which one. I knew they’d only blame each other if I asked. So I called them and said “I’m afraid I’m going to have to put the dog down.”

.

“NNNnnnnnnnoooooOOOOOO!” screamed the six year old, with tears in his eyes.

.

“Yes,” I said, “he did a very bad thing.”

.

“What did he do?” they both cried.

.

“…He put a permanent marker in his mouth and drew a big black circle on the wall in the bathroom!”

.

“That wasn’t the dog!” shouted the six year old -“that was an accident!”

.

“So it was YOU!”

.

“I dropped it!” he part-confessed. Case solved! 🙂

.

The funny thing is we don’t even have a dog.

.

.