Charlotte's New House

'Guess what, Charlotte,' Mum prompts in the supermarket grocery line, 'Mum and Dad bought you a new house.'

'Where is it?' Charlotte asks, looking in the shopping cart.

'It's in Dartmouth!' says Mum, triumphantly.

There was a slight pause, and Charlotte's wee brow furroughs.

'How we gonna bring it home to our place, Mummy?'

Bless her innocent little soul.

Dad