every morning an epic drama for ariel and for the people who have to get him ready for school. another five minutes! he would bargain, as they haul him out of bed and shove a toothbrush in his hand. during the holidays, however, he wakes up at six every morning and goes around the house cheerfully calling out "good morning!" to everyone.

and now the march holidays are coming to an end! during which week sarah and ariel went swimming, made a trip to the zoo and another to the omnimax theatre to see a documentary on the excavation of roman ruins, made a study of carnivorous plants (including an excursion to see the pitcher plant in our garden), and borrowed my dad's microscope to study cells, with the kind of success that poor thurber never had.)