Once upon a time, the Murphy family went to a pet store. They were greeted by a black woman wearing a yellow button-up shirt.
"Can I help y'all find somethin'?" she asked.
But before anyone had the chance to respond, all of the animal cages randomly fell over and opened up.
"Oh, sorry, baby, you just look around while I get this mess cleaned up," the woman said.
"No, it's probably our fault. We're Murphys," responded Martin. "Chaos follows us everywhere we go. Or at least, all the guys in our family." He smiled and winked at Milo. He winked back. "Here, let me help you with that."
Martin picked up a large cage that the woman had been struggling with.
Sara and Milo, ignoring their father, walked around looking at all the different animals. Milo had been learning about animals that week in preschool, so Sara decided to test his knowledge. They first saw a cat, and Sara asked Milo to spell cat. "C-A-T," he said proudly. Then they came across a weird teal creature that looked like a half-duck, half-beaver hybrid.
"Daddy, what is this?" Sara asked.
"Uh, I don't know. Honey, what do you think it is?"
"I don't know either. Excuse me, ma'am? What is that animal our children are looking at?"
"Oh, him? He's a platypus," replied the store manager.
Sara turned to Milo. "Can you spell platypus?"
"P-L-A-T-E-P-U-S-S."