timed humor. it saved him this time.

That boy -

Oh, he's been hanging out on my last nerve lately. 

Lying, disobeying, hurting his sister... 

I could be here all day listing his recent issues. 

But just when I'm about to pack him away in a box with air holes,

he makes me laugh. 

He's got that natural comedic timing. 

He know's he's about to be shipped off to some child labor camp in the middle of the jungle. 

He can feel it. 

The boy is funny. 

So I suppose I'll keep him around a bit longer.