Shopping With Little Monica


               A  man observed  a woman in  the grocery store  with a three
          year  old girl in her basket. As  they passed the cookie section,
          the little girl asked for cookies and her mother told her no. The
          little girl immediately  began to whine and fuss,  and the mother
          said quietly,  "Now Monica, we just have  half of the aisles left
          to go through; don't be upset. It won't be long."  Soon they came
          to the candy aisle, and the little girl began to shout for candy.
          And when  told she couldn't  have any,  began to cry.  The mother
          said, "There, there, Monica,  don't cry--only two more aisles  to
          go,  and then  we'll be  checking  out."   When they  got  to the
          check-out stand, the little girls immediately began to clamor for
          gum and burst into a terrible tantrum upon discovering there'd be
          no  gum purchased. The  mother patiently said,  "Monica, we'll be
          through this check  out stand in  5 minutes and  then you can  go
          home and have a nice nap."

               The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the
          woman to  compliment her. "I  couldn't help noticing  how patient
          you were with little Monica," he began.

               Whereupon  the mother said, "I'm Monica  -- my little girl's
          name is Tammy."