He Can't Be a Tiger!- " He said he was a tiger, and I didn't want him to be. So I hurt him"
When Alex and Mitchie arrived at Little Scholastics to pick up Camila that day, they didn't think it would be much different from any other time they picked their daughter up. But they were proven wrong when Ms. Taylor pulled them into her office to talk about Camila's behavior that day almost as soon as they had entered the building.
"So, earlier today the kids were playing out on the playground and it seems that Camila hit one of the other children on purpose while they were playing," Taylor said.
"Oh my god, were they okay?!" Mitchie asked.
"Yes, they were fine, but they did get quite the bruise where Camila had hit them," Taylor replied and
When Camila saw her mothers come out of Ms. Taylor's office she immediately knew she was going to be in trouble. The look on Mitchie's face was enough to send the message to Camila and right away Camila went to her cubby to get ready to go.
"Camila Scarlett Torres you are in big trouble young lady," Mitchie scolded as Camila gathered her things, not even daring to look her mothers in the eye.
"Thank you Taylor, and I'm so sorry. I promise we'll make sure this doesn't happen again." Alex said and with that the two mothers said goodbye and brought Camila out to the car. As they put their daughter into her car seat they remained quiet and didn't say a word to her, so Camila thought maybe they wouldn't say anything to her about her hitting Landon on the playground. But when she looked into the rearview mirror and saw the disapproving look on Mitchie's face once they had left the parking lot Camila knew she was going to get a talking to.
"Camila Scarlett Torres what have we told you about hitting people?" Mitchie asked, looking her daughter in the eyes through the rear view mirror.
"Not to do it," Camila mumbled.
"Then why did you hit Landon?" Alex asked.
"Cause!" Camila exclaimed.
"Because why?"
"Because he wanted to be a tiger!" the 4 year old replied.
"What?"
"He wanted to be a tiger and he couldn't be a tiger cause I wanted to be a tiger….so I hurt him," Camila explained.
"Camila, you do not hit people because they want to be the animal you want to be," Mitchie said.
"Now you tell me," Camila mumbled, staying silent for the rest of the ride home.