Things (Not) in Common with a Troll Doll

 

Seven year old granddaughter Violet spent the day with me yesterday. She ran across this little troll that belonged to my older sister in the mid 1960's. As she gently stroked its hair she said, "Nonni, if you grew your hair long you would look like this." I thought, "Huh??"

Later on, I shared this exchange with my other daughters over Marco Polo and we all had a good laugh. Nine year old Hugo got on and he said, "You would not look like that. For one, you are not that small. And for another, you would not be undressed."  Then he held up his finger and pointedly said, "Not to be disrespectful or embarrassing." We cracked up even more. 

No one said anything about my ears, nose, or eyes...