Not Crying

"Mawma, will you open de cwoset?  I need de batcabe."

"In a minute, Paul." 

Five minutes go by. 

"Mawm!  Will you open de cwoset?  Now!"

"Paul!  In a minute!"

Two minutes go by.  Rinse and repeat above scenarios every thirty seconds, only pretend you can hear a 3 year old's voice getting shriller and shriller when his mother simply keeps saying "in a minute."

Finally, I bust out with an exasperated "Paul!  Why would I open up the closet for you if you keep whining and crying?" 

"Because you ignored my polite requests five minutes ago and blew me off with that weak 'just a minute' crap."  Is what my young man would say if he was in a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. 

But alas, this is what I got instead:

"But mawma, I not cwying.  See?"

And the batcave came out of the closet.  How can I resist?