Why? Because! [Russian translation]
Why? Because! [Russian translation]
JG: Yoo-hoo!
FB: Yoo-ho!
JG: Yoo-hoo!
FB: Yoo-ho! Hallo!
JG: What ya doing Snooks?
FB: I’ve been reading books.
JG: Well, put your books away, and let’s go out and play.
FB: Why?
JG: Because.
FB: Why!?
JG: Because!
FB: I don’t wanna.
JG: Well, you oughta. Let’s play cops and crooks.
FB: I wanna read my books.
JG: Don’t be a baby, Snooks.
FB: Aah-ah-aah
JG: Snooks, you mustn’t cry. You’re too big to cry.
FB: Why?
JG: Because.
FB: Why!?
JG: Because! Big girls never cry.
FB: I saw mommy cry.
JG: You did?
FB: Ah-ha. The time my mommy saw my daddy kiss the nurse good-bye. Ha-ha-ha ha!
JG: Snooks …
FB: What?
JG: Can you do a sum?
FB: Nicey1 taught me some.
JG: Snooks, how much is two and two?
FB: Two and two is two and two.
JG: Two and two are four!
FB: Why?
JG: Because.
FB: Why!?
JG: Because! One and one are two, so two and two are more!
FB: Mah!
JG: Snooks, you mustn’t weep. You’re too big to weep.
FB: Why?
JG: Because.
FB: Why!?
JG: Because! Grown-ups never weep.
FB: I saw daddy weep.
JG: You did?
FB: Ah-ha. The night my mammy caught my daddy walking in his sleep. Ah-ha-ha.
FB: Are you a girl or boy?
JG: I’m known as Little Lord Fauntleroy.
FB: Ohhhh. Well, I can be2 Little Lord Fauntleroy.
JG: Little Lord Fauntleroy is a little boy.
FB: Oh! Why?
JG: Because.
FB: Why!?
JG: Because! A girl’s a girl and a boy’s a boy.
FB: What’s a Little Lord Fauntleroy?
JG: I told you twice.
FB: You told me once.
JG: I told you twice!
FB: You told me once!
JG: Oh Snooks, go back and read your books! Coz you’re an awful dunce.
FB: Ah-ah-ah
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