But have you noticed the slight curl at the end of Sam II's mouth, when he looks at you? It means that he didn't want you to name him Sam II, for one thing, and for two other things it means that he has sawed-off his left pant leg, and a baling hook in his right pant leg, and is ready to kill you with either one of them, given the opportunity. The father is taken abck. What he usually says, in such a confrontation, is "I changed your diapers for you, you little snot." This is not the right thing to say. First, it is not true (mother change nine diapers out of ten), and second, it instantly reminds Sam II of what he is mad about. He is mad about being small when you were big, but no, that's not it, he is mad about being helpless when you were powerful, but bo, not that either, he is mad about being contingent when you were necessary, not wuite it, he is insane because when he loved you, you didn't notice.

Donald Barthelme,

"The Dead Father"