The Niece, informing her mom this morning that now that she is in Kindergarten, she’s ready to read and this is how it works:

“I have a house in my head and all the people in my family who have died are there and in the cubinet (sic) they have a magic book that is the same as whatever book I am reading and when I need a work or a number, they take it and they put it on a boat and it floats down my bloodstream to my mouth and then I know what it is!”