Mayra and Beyonce, one of her school friends, decided Beyonce wanted the boy guinea pig. This was back when we thought we were keeping the three girls who weren't really girls after all.
Anyhoo, I tried my best to explain to Mayra and Beyonce that Beyonce's parents would have to give permission for something like that, but nothing would do but for Mayra to ask Beyonce's Mom at pick up time could Beyonce have one of the piggies. Beyonce's Mom is Chinese, speaks English reasonably well, but doesn't understand my Delaware accent, even though I speak perfectly plain and I don't really have an accent.
The next day she tells me she checked with her husband and he said no, how classic, blame the spouse. It didn't matter to me because I had already made arrangements for the pet store to help us out. She also told me they sometimes travel to China and stay for a while and it's too hard to find petsitters.
When I told Mayra that they had said no, and gave the reason why, Mayra calmly informs me:
"Beyonce lives in China. That' why she's sometimes late for school."
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