glower \GLAU-urh\, intransitive verb:
To look or stare angrily or with a scowl.
Nap Time!
"I won't!" Clark declared.
"Sweetie, your daddy worked hard growing those..."
"Nuh uh!" Clark interrupted. "He's not! Pete says that's what 'dopted means! He's not my daddy, and you're not my mama!"
"Oh, Clark!" Martha pulled him onto her lap and hugged him. "Daddy is so your daddy, and I am so your mama. Adopted means we didn't get you in the ordinary way, that's all. We're still your mama and daddy, forever."
The little boy glowered at his food, but the ferocious glare soon turned to sniffles. He laid his tired head on Martha's shoulder. "I don't like peas."
puerile: adjective Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; juvenile; childish.
1) Isn't it Lana's Turn for Amnesia Again?
"Wh-where am I?"
"Lana!" Pete exclaimed. "Thank God! Quick, you gotta call off those Giant Ants!"
"Giant ants? What kind of puerile joke is that? And who are you?"
"Right, blow to the head. Of course." Pete sighed. "You remember 'puerile' but you don't remember you're the Insect Queen?"
Lana instinctively reached for a non-existent tiara. "I'm a queen?"
"Oh, man!" Pete resumed his futile attempts to call Clark.
Lana absent-mindedly opened the barricaded door and left. Misunderstanding the Giant Krypto-Ants' exuberant displays of joy at her presence, she screamed and ran right in front of a passing truck.
Darn.
2) And my daughter wrote one for 'puerile', too!
(slight crossover with Kim Possible)
"Look, Clark!" Lana chirped excitedly. "I just got the flamingo Cuddle-Buddie! It's the rare..."
"Sorry, Lana. I've got farmwork to do," Clark replied, shuddering at having to see Lana's collection of soft toy animals again.
"Fine!" Lana flounced off to add the pink bird to her collection.
Along the way, the Krypto-Ants noticed and followed to see what was up. Unfortunately, the giant ants' marching caused vibrations that knocked all the plush creatures off their shelves, burying Lana. By the time the huge insects dug her out, it was too late. Lana's puerile hobby had finally done her in.
Darn.