The Chocolate Chips Didn't Know

The other day, after a nice bath, Hannah was a really big helper and cleaned up the whole living room. As a reward (or maybe incentive, I can't really remember now...), I let her have a few chocolate chips. Four, to be exact. I know chocolate chips are hardly the currency in which I should be trading with my 3 1/2 year-old, but they seem to work. After all, it's what I would want, too. At any rate, after finishing her reward, she looked up at me and asked for more. Being prudent, I politely refused. However, I couldn't help but comment on the mess those four chocolate chips had made of her face and hands. "And you just had a bath!" I added, for good measure.

Hannah, who usually has a reply for everything, was quick to point out, "Well, the chocolate chips didn't know I had a bath."