Overheard

I sent the girls upstairs to clean their room. Ellie comes down crying because Alison hit her, so I told Ellie to sit on the couch and Alison had to finish cleaning up by herself. Brian comes in from working outside and asks Ellie what's wrong:

Ellie: Dad, let me tell you a story. Once upon a time there was a little girl cleaning her room, then her sister hit her, then the little girl sat on the couch and cried. The end.