Mother From Another

(I am shopping with my mum and my sister, who is around four. My sister has an imaginary ‘other’ mother, who she invents crazy stories about.”)

Sister: *picking up a doll* “Can I have this?”

Mum: “Not today, we’re on a strict schedule.”

Sister: *pouts* “My other mummy would let me get it.”

Mum: *without missing a beat* “Your other mum died in a house fire, remember
dear?”