““I’d be mortified at getting stuck down in a sexy squat. Absolutely mortified. I give Paige huge points for coming up laughing even louder, and exclaiming to Kendra, who’s come over too: “Ken! Didja see? I dropped it but I couldn’t pop it! Ha! I couldn’t pop it!” She’s howling with laughter, her head thrown back, her blond curls tumbling everywhere. “I dropped it!” she yells. “But I couldn’t pop it!” “ Ma cosa dice? ” Sebastiano says to me. “What does she say?” I look at him helplessly. “I can’t explain,” I say finally. So I throw my hands wide in apology for not being able to translate, and start dancing again, only to stop a moment later as Paige yells: “ Oh! Em! Gee! I am sooo out of it!” She’s pointing at Golia, the donkey. “I’m, like, seeing things! I thought you were supposed to see pink elephants--I’m, like, seeing a horse ! No, it’s a pony! My Little Pony! Cool! Is anyone else seeing a--” “I think it’s time we took her home,” Kendra says dryly to Leonardo.””
