Dorothy hasn't studied telling time in school yet, but she has some flashcards and one card asks questions about time. She read the question and then ran to her room, and then returned, confused. "The front of the card says 'It was 2:30 fifteen minutes ago; what time is it now?' So I checked the time, and the back of the card says '2:45,' but it's 3:30 right now."
I was curious about a standardized test Dorothy took at school, and I asked if it was on the computer or if she used pencil. "We used pencil in a book," she said. "Oh, like a workbook?" I asked. "Yes," she said, "but it didn't have an answer key in the back."
Dorothy and a friend were looking for four-leaf clovers. Her friend pulled up a handful, including roots, and Dorothy fussed, "You unplugged 'em!"
We were reading a children's book about Anne Frank, and it ends on an uplifting note with a drawing of children everywhere reading copies of her diary. "They're all reading the same book," Dorothy observed. "Yes, it's Anne Frank's diary," I told her. "How are they all reading her diary at the same time?" Dorothy asked.