Me: "Before daylight and before their parents were awake, Hansel..."
4year-old: "Which one's Hansel?"
Me: "The boy is Hansel...and Gretel..."
4 yo: "Which one's Gretel?"
Me: "The girl is Gretel. We covered this on the first page, remember? Hansel and Gretel heard their parents talking about having no food and how they needed to..."
4 yo: "So this one's Hansel...?"
*pointing to the girl*
Me: "No...the BOY is Hansel..."
(and I need to point out that I pronounced it "HANS'L", "HAN" rhyming with "PAN." At which point my 6 year-old interjected with...
6 year-old: "Actually mom it's HAHHHNS'L" she says, putting emphasis on the "AAAHHHHHH" sound.
Me: *frustrated silence*
"Okay...continuing...so, 'HAAAHHHHHHHHNNNNNNS'l' *eye roll* and Gretel pulled on their clothes..."
4 yr-old: "Which one is HAAHHHHHHHNNNS'L again?"
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You know what, let them call the kids by whatever name they want. Hansel and Gretel. They can argue with their teachers about it instead.
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That reminds me of the Steve Martin joke. "Whenever you're around a little kid...talk WRONG. Then their first day of kindergarten they raise their hand and say 'MEOW MOO MOO DOGFACE IN THE BANANA PATCH?' And the teachers will be like, give that kid a test, get him outta here..."
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