A Darling Till He's Hungry

I am a baby who is being breast-fed on demand.

My hunger cue for Mommy is unique. I cry out, "ALIVE ! ALIVE ! ALIVE !"

And if she still doesn't hear me, I up my vocals till the neighbours also hear me. They all know my greatest need is to be kept ALIVE.

But more often than not, when I make my demand, Mommy doesn't come in to feed me pronto so I get really M-A-D !

That's when I change I cry to "A LIE ! A LIE ! A LIE !" to scold her. And she knows it, cos that's when she comes running in and apologises.

To give her her just desserts, I blink my eyes hard at her then turn away to ignore her ! Then I leave her to beg me to drink up !

So there !

That's when I