“Chubbie, let’s hurry and get up!”
“It’s still dark!”
“You promised last night to get up early and complete the work!”
“Mmmm—mmm, I just had a dream. . . . ”
“Don’t talk nonsense. Let’s hurry and put on our clothes. Or your dad will beat you!”
“Really, Ma, I did have a dream!”
“Fine, fine, be a good kid and listen to ma. Come on, raise your arms!”
“In my dream I became the President.”
“You failed your math. How can you be the President? Step into the pants!”
“But I did. Yes, the first order I issued was . . . ”
“Put on your shoes!”
“I was sitting in a grand chair. The Minister of Education knelt in front of me. And I ordered: Assign ten times more homework to the children of school teachers!”
(1995)