Little Johnny Wants Some Ice Cream Little Johnny rushes home
from school. He invades the fridge and is scooping out some cherry
vanilla ice cream when his mother enters the kitchen. She says, “Put
that away Johnny! You can’t have ice cream now. It’s too close to
supper time. Go outside and play.”
Johnny whimpers and says, “There’s no one to play with.” Trying to
placate him, she says, “OK, I’ll play with you. What do you want to
play?” He says, “I wanna play Mommie and Daddy.”
Trying not to register surprise, and to further appease him, she
says, “Fine, I’ll play. What do I do?” Johnny says, “You go up to the
bedroom and lie down.” Figuring that she can easily control the
situation, she goes upstairs.
Johnny, feeling a bit cocky, swaggers down the hall and opens the
utility closet. He dons his father’s old fishing hat. As he starts up
the stairs he notices a cigarette butt in the ashtray on the end table.
He picks it up and slips it in the corner of his mouth. At the top of
the stairs he moves to the bedroom doorway.
His mother raises up and says, “What do I do now?” In a gruff
manner, Johnny says, “Get your butt downstairs and get that kid some
ice cream!”