A Joke

Yesterday, after about 20 minutes of "Easy Silence" between Melissa and me, she piped up out of the blue with a joke. Yes, a joke. She has a great sense of humor and is brilliant. She gets it from me. (Puffing up with pride here) She introduced her thought with perfect comic timing. "SO." She says. "Yes?" I answer. "If you take a dingo, and an alligator, and stir them all up . . . " Here she pauses and makes a rolling motion with her hands, to illustrate stirring. "You would have a new sort of creature." I'm listening. "You would have . . . a Dingo-dile!" She closes her eyes and laughs with great relish. Yes, she drew a picture of the "Dingo-dile". I will add it soon. I am still laughing.