The one TV show your mom and dad let you watch probably says more about your mom and dad than it does about you. But you like Shaun the Sheep and ask several times a day if you can watch an episode. Most days the answer is, "No."
You ask again, "Buddy? Buddy?"
Your mom and dad have no idea who "Buddy" is, so they ask you, "Buddy the Sheep?"
"Yes."
"Yes? Buddy the Sheep?"
"Ya."
"Estelle, you mean Shaun the Sheep?"
"Ya."
And that's how the conversation always goes before your parents soften up their No TV rule long enough for you to watch a 15-minute no-dialog animated show about a simple farmer and his shepherd dog checking off a daily roster of an unwittingly mischievous flock of sheep led by the small and often-chuckling Shaun/Buddy the Sheep.
"Myoo?" you ask.
"More?"
"Ya."
"No more, Estelle--"
"--Buddy? Buddy?!" You panic.
"Estelle. Buddy went to sleep. Say, 'Goodnight, Buddy.'"
"Ny-night."
And then you're fine.
