Once upon a time three boys were invited to play baseball at the park with a group of their friends. It seemed as though they would go, but when the agreed upon time came, they were sitting on the couch, watching TV.
"Go to the park and play!" Their mother told them.
"I am watching TV" said the biggest boy.
"I have no bike" said the middle sized boy."I have no socks" said wee little boy.
"Why should those things stop you from playing baseball?" asked their mother.
"My ear hurts" said the biggest boy.
"How will I get there?" asked the middle boy.
"What?" asked the wee little boy.
After a moment of consideration, it was decided that the biggest boy would stay home on the couch, to make his ear feel better. Apparently episodes of Naruto are a cure-all for ear aches.
The middle boy explained that walking to the park would exert too much energy, thus causing him to expire too soon during play, resulting in a premature return home. Riding a bicycle would be an energy conserving method of transportation to and from the park.
The smallest boy had moved on to playing Legos.
After much discussion of bicycles and scooters, a method of transporting the bat bag and other gear was fine tuned and the second child was ready to go.
His younger brother was eating ham in the bathroom. (Don't ask)
Their mother took over. The small one was reminded of the baseball game, in which he quickly said "But I have no socks!", and so the hunt for a pair of socks began. After looking in his sock drawer, the wee one was delighted to find that there were indeed socks in it. After about ten minutes, the medium boy became annoyed by his younger counterpart, and went upstairs to find the distracted child playing with matchbox cars on his bed.
When the trip to the park finally began, their mother watched them pedal away, hoping the younger boy can remember to return home.
