Boys Best Friend

Rick's mother couldn't bring herself to tell the little boy that his dog, Paddy, had been run over. When Rick came home from school, she talked of other things for a few minutes, but inevitably was asked: "Where's Paddy?"
"Paddy has been killed by an automobile," she told him.
"Oh," said the boy, and went whistling out to play.
At dinnertime Rick said, "Hey, Mom, Where's Paddy?"
"Darling," his mother said; "I told you this afternoon that Paddy had been killed by an automobile."
The little boy burst into tears. "When I told you this afternoon," she said, "it didn't seem to bother you."
"No," sniffed the boy, "I thought you said Daddy."

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