"Little bunny, can you help me put my lunch box in my bag?" Noreen asked, half-shouting, from inside the room. "My earring's caught on my dress, I'm trying to get it out."
"Yes, Mom, I'll put it in your bag," Jonathan replied, walking to the kitchen and grabbing Noreen's lunch box.
Noreen emerged from the room, dressed neatly, but her left ear was very red.
"Mom? Your ear?" Jonathan asked, pointing at Noreen's ear. "Does it hurt?"
Noreen pouted and nodded. "Hmm, it hurts. I'm never wearing long earrings like that again. They don't suit me."
Jonathan approached Noreen and asked her to lower herself to his level.
Noreen knelt in front of Jonathan, and the boy touched Noreen's red ear and rubbed it gently, then leaned in and kissed the red mark.
"You're better now, Mom," Jonathan said
