It sounded absurdly hilarious.
“But I can’t eat anything before drinking some water.”
“Of course you can! People always eat everything with or without water when people are hungry. Even people eat people. Don’t be ridiculous. Your father and I can assure you of this.”
I was stunned to hear that. In the end, she was right. I did finish my breakfast without drinking water; in fact, for the fi rst time in years I broke my usual habit.