He said immediately afterwards, “Guess a living thing.”
Amanda was puzzled and thought that it was so difficult.
“Oscar, just come up with something easy that I can guess correctly. I haven’t even guessed it correctly yet.” She pouted while acting cute.
“This one is very easy.” Oscar caressed her head, “You have to think with your brain.”
“She is a pig and she can’t think. She only knows how to eat.” Andrew provoked her.
Amanda was furious instantly, “You’re the one who is a pig. Your whole family are pigs!”
Andrew was speechless.
The living room was quiet for a while. All of a sudden, Oscar and Kevin burst into laughter.
It was because only both of them were not members of the Nelson family in the entire living room.
Andrew shook his head and sighed as his sister was already incorrigibly stupid.
Amanda was so angry with Andrew that she blurted it out. She regretted it after she finished saying that. She felt so embarrassed that she hugged Matthew and hid in his arms.
Matthew patted his daughter’s back and comforted her, “It is alright.”
The little girl still buried her face in his hug and did not say anything.
Matthew coaxed her and said, “Let me help you guess the riddle?”
Amanda immediately raised her head and asked, “Really?”
Her attitude changed so quickly without giving him a chance to respond.
He laughed helplessly and said, “Yes.”
“Then tell me what goes on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and three in the evening?” Amanda was slightly aggressive as she was eager to make a correct guess.
Matthew analyzed for her and triggered her to think, “When you were a baby…”
“I know what it is.” Andrew had already thought of it as soon as Matthew gave a hint, “People.”
He smiled and explained, “When I was a baby, I crawled on all fours, and now I walk upright, but when people get old, they will use a walking stick.”
Amanda glared at her brother with her eyes wide, “So annoying!”
He always answered before Amanda.
“Oscar, you come up with another one.” She leaned over Matthew’s shoulder and whispered, “Daddy, you must help me. I must win my brother once.”
Matthew smiled dotingly and helplessly, what could he do about his daughter’s request?
He could only agree to it.
Oscar understood Amanda’s intention. He thought of another one in order to coax this capricious little girl, “What will put their heads out when the door is closed?”
“Guess a thing.”
Amanda blinked as she was thinking in her mind that how could something still put their heads out when the door was closed? Wouldn’t that snap their heads off?
She shivered while thinking. What kind of riddles were these?
It was not easy to guess at all.
“Hey daddy, the buttons on your shirt are hurting me.”
Matthew hugged his daughter tightly. He deliberately let the buttons on his shirt hurt her, but this little girl was slow-witted.
Andrew blinked while observing Matthew’s expression. He guessed, “Is it a button?”
Soon, he confirmed this answer in his mind, “The answer is a button. Haha, I guess it correctly again.”
Amanda glared at him fiercely, “How can it be a button?”
Oscar discouraged her, “It is a button. When you button up your clothes, don’t the buttons have to be exposed?”
Once she heard that this was really the answer, Amanda said immediately, “I’m the one who said buttons first. So, I’m the one who guessed correctly.”
“You didn’t say it was the answer,” Andrew replied.
“I’m the one who guessed correctly as I said it first,” Amanda said loudly as if whoever was louder made sense.
Kevin said to Oscar who was sitting beside him, “Amanda is indeed naughty.”
Oscar also laughed.
Dolores came out and called them for dinner.
Amanda got down from Matthew’s arms and ran to Dolores. She said aggrievedly, “Mommy, brother is always bullying me.”
Dolores caressed her head, “How does brother bully you again?”
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