non sequiturs

at bedtime, as the bean prattled to her daddy, her near-soliloquy went thus (spurred as it was by dh asking if she'd like a little brother or sister):

"i have a little cousin. his name matteo. there are two other cousins. edward and kwiffer. but not flo-flo and samuel."
dh had to interrupt her to say that florian and samuel are also her cousins. but this only waylaid her a smidgeon.
"there is a bell!", she pointed to a room decoration and segued into "ding dong bell, pussy's in the well. who put her in. little tommy thin. thomas and diesel 10! i dropped goldie*. little boy from the swimming class took it away!"

* her swim toy: a small, rotund yellow fish with big lips.