i told my mom about penny the deals warlock and she tells the story that i, too, was once a deal warlock and beholden to the deals 😂
additionally, as my dad was fond of following requests "as we said it" literally, and not what we meant, my sister and i got really good at wording our requests so that he couldn't get out of them, thereby making my dad go "....we're raising little lawyers"
specifically, when we'd ask him for a story before bed, he'd tell us about store a, store b, etc till he got to store e. or if we'd want a true story that happened to our parents, we eventually would ask for a "true story that happened to you before we were born that is interesting"
Amelia Bedelia ass dad I love that












