conversations with Zach age 7........

'mum I got 'Child of the Week' '
'oh Zach that's..... '
'Don't say 'marvellous' '
'but darling it is marvellous'
'well don't say it '
'can I say it's brilliant? '
' NO! '
'wonderful? '
'NO! '
' why not? '
' because you always say everything is marvellous, wonderful and brilliant'
' oh....is that bad?'

'it's slightly annoying'

'oh...........'