A girl was given a tea set for her second birthday. It became one
of her favourite toys, and when her mother went away for a few
weeks to care for her sick aunt, the toddler loved to take her father
a little cup of tea, which was just water really, while he was
engrossed watching the news on TV. He sipped each "cup of tea"
he was brought and lavished generous praise on the taste, leaving
the little girl immensely proud. Eventually the mother returned home
and the father couldn't wait to show her how his little princess had
been looking after him. On cue, the girl took him his "cup of tea" and
he sipped it before praising it to the heavens. The mother watched him
drink it and then said to him: "Did it ever occur to you that the only
place that a toddler can reach to get water is the toilet?"