Green eggs and ham

Excerpt from a story time I had with a three year old on Tuesday:

I am Sam. Sam I am.
"Why is he upset?" "He's upset because he's trying to read, but Sam keeps bothering him." "Why is Sam bothering him?" "Because Sam is trying to get him to try green eggs and ham." "Why?" "Well, because Sam thinks they taste good and wants other people to enjoy them too." "Why?" "I'm not sure. Let's read and see if we can find out."

(skipping ahead)

In a house? With a mouse? Would you, could you with a mouse?
"Why is the roof red?" "Umm, the chimney is red. Probably because the bricks are red." "Why?" "Because they wanted it to be that color." (Was not going to explain the brick making process at the moment.) "Oh...... what is that?" "That's the roof." "Why do they have a roof?" "Because roofs keep the rain out." "But the rain would go through the roof." "No, the roof is very thick and keeps the rain out and keeps the warmth in." "How does it keep the rain out?" "Well, it's thick, and it has shingles that the rain slips off of, and the roof is crooked so the rain falls off better." "Why does the rain fall off?" "Because it doesn't stick to the shingles and the gravity just keeps pulling it down until it gets to the ground and the dirt soakes it up." "Oh..... why?" "Well..... because that's how gravity works." "Oh." "Shall we keep reading?" "Yes."

We did actually finish the book. I just hope her mom didn't hear the whole thing in the other room. I'm sure it sounded terribly intelligent. :-p