He went back to the recorder and turned it on again. “Once upon a time there was a boy who lived in a big house with his mother and father and sister. And one day the father came home and went to his study and the boy went in without knocking. ‘You are a mean man,’ the boy cried. ‘I hate you! I hate you! Do you hear me? I hate you!’ And the father began to cry. ‘Please,’ he said. ‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry for everything I ever did. Please don’t hate me!’ But the little boy said to him, ‘I am going to punish you, you stupid, stupid man. I don’t want you around any more. I want to get rid of you.”
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