Tonight at dinner, we were all quietly eating our bowtie pasta with Bolognese sauce. Elijah had been stewing something in the brain for a while. He threw down his fork and said:

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT, DADDY?"

"Inside voice," Regina said.

"Do you know what, Daddy?

"You don't have to whisper."

"OK."

His voice then got squakwy-sounding.

"Do you know..."

"Elijah," I said. "You know I think your Squidward voice is funny. But could you please talk normally right now? I have a headache."

"OK, Daddy," he said. "Lizard Woman has a bunch of villains, you know?"

"Is that right?"

"Uh-huh. There's The Evil Toad."

"OK."

"And The Fantastic Spider!"

"That's a good one," said Regina.

"And The Salamander That Runs Around And Around."

"OK."

"Also, The Crawling Fly. And The Benus Butter."

"The what?"

Regina said, "Elijah, did you just say The Bee That Nests In Butter?"

"I did! She fights The Bee That Nests In Butter all the time!"

"I bet she does."

"Also, there is the Dog-Cat Fly."

"I'm sure there is," I said.

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