what’s your name?
max
how old are you?
04
are you 04?
i’m 4, just 4 silly
what’s your favorite animal?
umm, i don’t know.
you don’t have a favorite animal?
i don’t know.
what about macaws?
umm, i don’t know. how about, i like macaws and monkeys and giraffes and elephants and tigers and lions. are you writing my animals? are you writing my animals silly?
yes, yes i am.
are you gonna do all of them, all around the world?
where do penguins live?
at the south pole.
where is the south pole?
on the bottom of the planet. i need to go potty.
then i’ll do jaycie then.
no, i just have to go potty, i’ll be right back. don’t let jaycie do anything.

so here i am waiting quite patiently for max to return.

he’s back:
what else should we talk about max?
i like astronauts too. when did the astronauts go up? tell me. up, up into outerspace.
i don’t know.
please, tell me. do you know?
i don’t know anything about astronauts.

so why don’t you tell us about what you want to be when you grow up.
a zookeeper, write it down.
and what is it that zookeepers do?
feed some animals, take care of them, and let the humans look at the animals. i’m gonna work at the minnesota zoo.71506203300
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but i love numbers
NO, or you’ll have to get down.

so do you ever feel bad that the animals have to live in cages?
no.
why not?
because the animals won’t get out then and fight the humans.
what else do you want to talk about?
whatever you want.
who is your favorite aunt?
you.
why?
because you have cameras. you’re the bestest aunt. you let me do everything, but not quite. 01
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ok, that’s enough of the numbers.
but i love it!
should we say anything else?
i’m scared of the dark.
why?
because i think there’s monsters. are these stamps?
yes, don’t play with them.
i like to smell my feet. can you spell feet and smell.
yes.
i like pumpets.
puppets?
yeah, because they can talk.
anything?
jaycie was right here, bugging me. are you gonna write it?
i did.
i didn’t want you to write that.

bye.

p.s. max says i love my mommy and daddy.