Something else, pal...?

Dear Nicky,

If this is Thursday, this was a Stepping Stones day. We got out there just fine; there was no traffic headed that way. We were early even. There's this mother there who is weirdly competitive. That doesn't bother us, though; we know who's number one. Afterward, we went to Doc Mock's office. You have this little blister looking thing on your tongue. It's been there since last week and it hasn't gone away, so we wanted to get it looked at. It turns out to not be a blister. It's not a virus or bacteria, so no thrush or Tay-Sachs or Cox-Sachie or whatever. It's something called geographic tongue, where some areas of the tongue surface are "denuded" of their papillae, and other area experience an overgrowth. It's weird but harmless and usually goes away by itself. There's no treatment for it. The doctor (not Doc Mock) said it happens to kids sometimes because they're growing so fast. It's not too common, but it's not unheard of. Hey, pal, ease up on making all the genetic longshots, okay? Give me some numbers for the lottery or something along the lines of that type of longshot instead.

Love,
Dad