Jamie was
stubborn. He was probably the most stubborn boy in the
world. The only person more stubborn was his mother.
When she said something, she meant it and nothing changed
her mind. Especially when she said,"Eat your dinner!"
You ate it, or you didn't move.
Every Wednesday night his mom made
meatloaf for dinner and coconuts for dessert.
Jamie hated bumpy, lumpy meatloaf. He
hated hairy coconuts even more.
So when Jamie's mom brought him meatloaf one more time for
dinner, he went ballistic!
"Yuck!" he growled. "I'm not going to eat
this! You can take away my toys, you can even take away my
TV, I don't care, I'm not going to eat this."
Jamie's mom looked him straight in the eye
and snapped, "You sit there till tou eat your dinner! I
don't care if you're there one hundred years! You're not
moving till you eat your dinner!"