another ride in the car

Awhile back, lots of years really, my wife was driving the kids to day care. My daughter, 17 months younger than my son, had a stick of some sorts in her hand. She waved it at her brother and said "poof you are a frog". Shrieking my son says, "Mommy, no. Tell her no. I do not want to be a frog." To which my daughter replied, "Poof, you are a frog.". Again her older brother complains that he does not want to be a frog. As my wife pulls into the parking spot she tells our son; "Don't worry - you are not a frog." As the car stops she hears my daughter whisper, "Poof. You ARE a frog." And thus my wife had to explain why my son had tears in his eyes as they walked into day care.