Hannibal: The Childhood Years

(My mother and I are taking my four- and three-year-old cousins to get some dinner.)

Mother: “Okay, what do we want to eat for dinner? You can have chicken or hamburgers.”

Four-Year-Old Cousin: “Burger.”

Me: *to the three-year-old cousin* “What about you? Chicken or Burger? What do you want to eat?”

Three-Year-Old Cousin: *long pause, then in a low whisper* “People…”