Alan got "The Tick" animated series for Christmas, but the boys quickly took it over for their own. Peter can scat the theme song in great style, while Sammy hums along. The other night, Peter wanted us to playact "The Tick" but floored me with his first choice of persona: Sewer Urchin. I was to be the Tick, and Sammy was Arthur (Tick's sidekick or his only tenuous link to "reality"). Now, the Sewer Urchin is neither a central nor a peripheral character, but I admit to having had to clamp my tongue between my teeth before I succumbed to prompting him to choose being the Tick instead. OK, I worry a bit about the potential implications regarding self-esteem. But I really love the off-kilter brilliance that led Peter to choose the Sewer Urchin. Moreover, Peter's impersonation was rocking. He had the muttered soliloquies pitch- and cadence-perfect. As for the storyline he developed, well, it built upon the sewer theme most logically: we eventually battled villains on the Island of Poo. And, laying to rest my aforementioned anxieties, in the next round we all switched characters, and Peter played the Tick.
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