Overheard in the bathtub...
Diver voice: Mermaid, the dog is on the bottom of the lake! You have to save him!
Mermaid voice: Okay! I'm going down to get him!
Mermaid dives to the bottom of the tub, comes up without the dog.
Diver: Mermaid! You have to rescue the dog!
Mermaid: I'm so tired...
Diver: But if you want to be a hero, you have to be more than tired. You have to be exhausted.
Mermaid: Alright, alright, I'll try again.
Diver: You have to try, Mermaid. You have a fish for legs! I would do it, but I've got diver legs.
Mermaid: Do you like my fish legs?
Diver: Yeah, they're really nice. They're green.
Mermaid: Thank you. Do you want to come to my sea cave? You're a diver, you can dive dive dive down into the ocean and we can swim swim to my cave.
Mommy: Hey what about the dog you guys are trying to save?
Diver: Oh yeah, we should save the dog.
Mommy: The dog's on the bottom of the lake, right?
Mermaid: Yeah, we need to save the dog. I'm going to dive!
Mermaid disappears down in the tub to a musical flourish.
Mermaid: The dog is stuck. He's down there still.
Diver: You can do it Mermaid.
Mermaid dives down and comes up with the dog.
Mermaid: I did it! I got the dog, oh he's crying he's so happy.
Diver: Well, it's his bedtime. He gets crabby at bedtime.
Me: I think that might be shock, Mabel. If the dog was on the bottom of the ocean so long he's probably going into some kind of shock.
Mabel: Yeah, he's shocking.
Diver: You think this dog is okay?
Mermaid: Yes. But. I'm going to put him back on the bottom.
Me: How come?
Mermaid: He likes it down there it's cozy.
Diver: And then can you and I go to your cave?
Mermaid: That's what she said.
Mabel: Right mommy? Hahahahahahahahaha!
Me: You're getting better at those.
Diver: I wanna go to the cave!
Mermaid: Diver! I'm talking to Mommy, please say 'excuse me' when you want to interrupt!
Diver: Excuse me Mermaid.
Mermaid: Yes?
Diver: Do you want to see my cave?
Mermaid: No. I've got my own cave. But if you want to come over for some wine, follow me.
They swim away together.
