"Hey, Al, look what I found in Dad's stuff!" Ed ran across the yard to show Al his finding.
Al looked astonished. "You're not s'posed to touch Dad's stuff! What if he caught you?"
Ed smirked. "But he didn't catch me. Anyway, he's not even here right now. I'll put it back! Look, it's a book of funny sayings. Some guy went around and collected them all into one little place, see? Want me to read you the most funniest ones? Mom and Dad won't be home till late anyway."
"Yeah!" Al patted the grass next to him. "What are they about?"
"Oh, just proverbs and stuff..."
"Winry?" Pinako poked her head through the doorframe. Winry was sitting on the floor, playing dolls. The puppy had made herself comfortable on Winry's bed. "There you are! I need you to run over and bring the Elric boys here. It's time for dinner."
"'If God lived on earth, people would break his windows'... That's probably true."
"I liked the one before it better." Al's stomach grumbled. "Hey, Brother, when is Mom coming home again?"
"Ed! Al!" Winry came sprinting across the lawn, followed by Den. "C'mon, guys, it's dinnertime! You're eating at our house tonight!"
"'A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master,'" Ed read.
Winry screwed up her face at him. "That's really sexist! What are you reading?"
"It's a book of proverbs," said Ed nonchalantly.
"Well, give it to me!"
"No."
"Give it to me or I'll hit you."
"With what? You don't even have anything."
Winry picked up a rock. "Now I do."
Ed learned a valuable lesson that day about sexism.