Dec 20

“I’m not putting ketchup on bread,” James corrected. “I’m putting ketchup on toast.”

“Toast is bread that has been zapped,” Lily snapped.

“Well, you said that you don’t put ketchup on bread. You said nothing about bread that has been zapped. And zapped really isn’t a very accurate description of how you make toast, is it?”

“How do you make toast, then?”

“Well, I put it in a toaster. I don’t just point at a piece of bread and say, ‘Zap’!” James glanced curiously at her. “Can you just point at a piece of bread and say, ‘Zap!’ to get toast?”