year old girl in her basket.
As they passed the cookie section,
the little girl asked for cookies and her mother told her no.
The little girl immediately began to whine and fuss,
and the mother said quietly, "Now Monica, we just have half
of the aisles left to go through - don't be upset.
It won't be long."
Soon, they came to the candy aisle and the little girl began
to shout for candy.
When told she couldn't have any, she began to cry.
The mother said, "There, there, Monica, don't cry -
only two more aisles to go and then we'll be checking out."
When they got to the checkout stand, the little girl immediately
began to clamor for gum and burst into a terrible tantrum
upon discovering there'd be no gum purchased.
The mother patiently said, "Monica, we'll be through this check
out stand in 5 minutes and then you can go home and have a nice nap."
The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped
the woman to compliment her.
"I couldn't help noticing how patient you were with
little Monica," he began.
The mother replied,
"I'm Monica - my little girl's name is Tammy."