A good mother

[mbrood]

A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three year old girl

in her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the child asked for

cookies and her mother told her "no." The little girl immediately

began to whine and fuss, and the mother said quietly, "Now Ellen, we

just have half of the aisles left to go through; don`t be upset. It

won`t be long."

 

He passed the Mother again in the candy aisle. Of course, the little

girl began to shout for candy. When she was told she couldn`t have

any, she began to cry. The mother said, "There, there, Ellen, don`t

cry. Only two more aisles to go, and then we`ll be checking out."

 

The man again happened to be behind the pair at the check-out, where

the little girl immediately began to clamour for gum and burst into a

terrible tantrum upon discovering there would be no gum purchased

today. The mother patiently said, "Ellen, we`ll be through this check

out stand in five minutes, and then you can go home and have a nice

nap."

 

The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the woman to

compliment her. "I couldn`t help noticing how patient you were with

little Ellen..."

 

The mother broke in, "My little girl`s name is Tammy... I`m Ellen."