Shhh, don't tell. It's a secret!

by Carlos

So, this morning I get a phone call from my annoying fraud detector alert than an internet transaction was made over the weekend. Nothing new... except that my wife was on call the whole weekend. "Wait a minute!" I got a little excited. "Maybe a thief just used my credit card!" It's kind of weird, but what's the use of having a fraud detector if no one actually commits fraud on my credit.

A quick phone call to my wife will give me the evidence I need to call the credit card company. "Did you purchase something over the internet while you were working?" The answer is obviously 'no'. She's way too busy! "Oh, yes... I did."

I was silent.

She continued, "Guess what I got you for Father's Day!" Did you know that I like surprises? Anyway, this quickly reminded me of her youngest daughter, Anna.

About a week ago, my three girls watched an episode of Dora where Dora and Boots had to solve a riddle in order to continue their adventure. The riddler asked "Who can jump higher than the tallest mountain?" After some thought provoking problem solving, Dora and Boots came up with the answer, "Everyone can jump higher than the tallest mountain, because (and the shouted this part) MOUNTAINS CAN'T JUMP!"

So, I was playing with them as they got out of the bathtub later on. I told them they could be the Riddle Princess if they could solve my riddle. I asked Damai the same riddle question from the cartoon and she was so excited that she knew the answer. Then Lani became the second Riddle Princess after I went through it with her.

Now Anna was watching the whole thing from the bathtub. So when the little two-year old jumped out of the bath, she was already giggling with delight. She said, "Papi, you hab to ak me the widdle then ai become the Widdle Princess!" (I hope you understood the emerging English.) To build the suspense I said, "I don't know... I have a reeeally hard riddle for you." She was so impatiently excited. She was giggling and jumping up and down. I really thought she was going to burst. And then she basically did burst. Before I could even ask the question, she yelled "because MOUNTAINS CAN'T JUMP!"

"You're the winner!!" And I crowned her with her towel.

So my wife asking me to guess what I got for Father's Day should have been no surprise. "Common!" she said. "Oh, forget it! I'll just tell you."

Anyone else want to guess what I got for Father's Day because I think the secret's out.