What Pet Would It Be

If you could have any pet I said. “A piranha!” she yelled. Then she laughed. She is seven years, eight months and two days. “A piranha!” I reiterated. I had never had this answer before. I had to look up piranha to see how to spell it. And I have asked hundreds of children this question in twenty- eight years. Maybe thousands. She had the best smile on her face. She was the happiest I have ever seen her. She could not stop smiling. It was the last question I asked her, because it was perfect.