Mathias picked up a Sandra Boynton board book and toddled awkwardly towards their big dog and plunked down with a thunk.
“She can’t read it to you,” his mommy laughed.
So he read it to the dog. Even if he didn’t quite succeed at getting that thing open on the first few tries: he knew the words by heart. “Ah BAH. AH BAH. Ah bah bah bah!”