Tommy Said the S Word

Tommy said the S word. I know from experience sometimes the S word is shut up, so I ask, Can you say it? She shakes her head ‘no’, eyes big. What if he promises never to say it again, will that be good enough? She shakes her head ‘no’. I get the culprit. Do you have any idea why she is upset? Because I said the S word, he says. Which S word? The S word, he says, emphatically. But which one? The S word, the S word, the S word, he sings. She screams loudly. I look at her. He did it again! She says. Good grief.