try to say something nice, now

Dad to the First, after the first set at Dad's Hearsay concert: "So, what do you think?"
The First: "I think you're the tallest one in the group."

it's worse than we thought!

November 1999, age 4

First: I hurt my foot! You know what I'm gonna need?
Mom: A band-aid?
First: No. I might need a peg leg, though.